I’ll just get straight to this — Major League Baseball’s All-Star voting system sucks! The deadline for voting is today and some deserving players are getting screwed.
In a game that is supposed to have implications on the World Series, fans are given the right to select the starters of the All-Star Game, and the fans [...]
Who would have thought at the beginning of last season the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays would be able to win the division owned by Boston and New York for the past decade or so, let alone be able the team representing the American League in the World Series?
In the AL East, it is no longer just a two team race: Boston may have won two World Series titles in the past five years, but now they have to try to get back to the top of the division after 2007 was their first division pennant in 12 years and only their second since 1990 & New York didn’t make the playoffs last year for the first time since the strike shortened season of 1994.
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The Blue Workhorse 2009 Outlook:
The Baltimore Orioles find themselves rebuilding once again in the ever-tough AL East, perhaps the toughest division is all of Major League Baseball.
After failing to sign Maryland native and prized free agent Mark Teixeira, the Orioles must piece together a starting lineup with young, promising players and average veterans.
AND…more…including why the Hometown feels…The Baltimore Orioles WILL win the World Series…
The Blue Workhorse 2009 Outlook:
Remember last offseason when the Yankees didn’t pull the trigger on any big name free agents or trades? That certainly went out the window, didn’t it? After missing the playoffs for the first time since 1995, the Yankees spared no expense this offseason. They shelled out over $400 million dollars in contracts to the top three free agents on the market, C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. The Bombers also spent $1.4 Billion on their new home across the street from the “House that Ruth Built”. The project is expected to be first class in every way and should be a great venue.
AND…more…including why the Hometown feels…The New York Yankees WILL win the World Series…
Juan Pierre was in the box hitting — the same Juan Pierre who hasn’t hit a home run since September 2006. Needless to say, I wasn’t on the edge of the rail waiting for him to hit a bomb, but I was still paying attention nonetheless. Lo and behold, Pierre hits a line drive straight toward where I was positioned. At first I thought it was going to fly over my head, and I prepped myself to make a jumping attempt, but instead, it raised my glove just a bit above eye level, and the ball traveled directly into it.
I couldn’t believe it had come right to me. I pulled down my glove, took the ball out, and immediately handed it to the second young brother, who had seen his brother get a ball and had been standing out in the outfield with his father for nearly as long as I had (despite his parents asking him a couple of times if he’d rather go play in the kids zone or go shopping in one of the souvenir shops). I never thought I would give up the first batted ball I ever caught at a major league stadium, but without thinking, I had done exactly that.
Last season, the New York Metropolitans collapsed at the end of the season allowing the Philadelphia Phillies to take their first division title since 1993. The Atlanta Braves, the former requisite 1st place team in the NL East, also appear to be back in the running after two consecutive seasons finishing in third. However, each team appears to have some weaknesses whether it is age, pitching, injury issues, or a combination of possible calamities. Then there are the up-and-eventually-coming Washington Nationals and then…the woeful Florida Marlins.
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