Captain clutch ending an era

For any true baseball fan, yesterday's public announcement that New York Yankees shortstop and team captain Derek Jeter was retiring as a professional player is truly the end of an era.For myself specifically, it is yet another reminder that I am getting older too. And it also marks a fantasy baseball loss to me, one … Continue reading Captain clutch ending an era

World Series 2013: The best in baseball

If over the next 2-3 days someone tries to tell you that they have some kind of special insight into who is going to win the 2013 World Series, then they are simply lying. These are clearly the two best teams in baseball, and you'd do well to simply toss a coin to pick a … Continue reading World Series 2013: The best in baseball

MLB 2013 Predictions

Miggy and Prince should lead Detroit back to the Fall Classic in 2013   As much as it pains me to say it, the best team in the National League East Division is no longer my beloved Philadelphia Phillies. In fact, the Fightin' Phils no longer have the best starting pitching rotation either. Just two … Continue reading MLB 2013 Predictions

MLB 2012: National League

For the past five seasons, the Philadelphia Phillies have won the National League's Eastern Division crown. For the past four they have increased their regular season victory total every single year, culminating in a franchise-record 102 wins in 2011. They won the World Series in 2008. They lost the World Series to the Yankees in … Continue reading MLB 2012: National League

MLB 2012: American League

The married man laying on this bar about to have the whipped cream and his body devoured, and his ability to overcome the problems involved on the night pictured, is the key to the entire 2012 American League seasonMy predictions for the American League a year ago proved to be a bit of a mixed … Continue reading MLB 2012: American League