It would be nice to say this week’s sweep represented the takeoff point for an unprecedented season-and-0 run, that Lance Broadway was going to round out the rotation better than anyone expected, or that back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs are the magical province of teams of destiny. Perhaps Ken Griffey, Jr., will raise his average 45 points [...]
On the most meaningless term in all of rookie second basemendom.
Scheduling advantage? For who?
A first-place softball team, a black hole at the back end of the rotation and questions about Jose Contreras. The 2004 AL Central race is going to be an interesting one.
How can the Sox possibly beat the rest of the league? Exactly.
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.
Some things to thing about heading into this weekend’s series in Detroit: Remember when the Tigers were supposed to score 1,000 runs this season? They’ve crossed the plate 507 times in 101 games, meaning if they average eight runs per game the rest of the way out, they’re totally there. Remember also when the Tigers [...]
Are regular shellackings really the answer? One White Sox general manager says “yes.”
So that’s what ugly would look like if it were losing. Badly. And repeatedly. To the Royals.
A new tradition helps us laugh at ourselves, but not without helping other people join in on the fun.
Let’s not waste anyone’s time here: Three games against the Royals – including the awesome/embarrassing Mullet Night! – after the All-Star break that the Good Guys surely needed off will mean at least two wins. Mark Buehrle is elder statesman to Zack Greinke, Gavin Floyd is everything Gil Meche was, and John Danks’ ERA is [...]
Does fame automatically equal fortune? Only if you’ve got a good agent.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, what might partial power do partially?
Advancing the cause of selective geographic affiliation, one perennial AL West basement-dweller at a time.
