It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. [Mouthpiece Sports]
Ray from Royals on Radio etc. posted a far-reaching survey on the true current condition of each team in the Central, with your editor acting as the ambassador from the South Side. Always good to get a peek inside the enemy’s collective head. [Royals on Radio etc.]
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The Sox are winning lately. This is not a good thing.
Just kidding: they won’t. But they might! And so might everyone else!
If only it were that simple.
1. No matter how many scoreless innings he pitches, dealing away Nick Swisher was still the right thing to do.
2. The Sox win with an average of 6.2 runs and lose with an average of 2.2 runs. This was not unexpected.
3. The fifth inning is the problem; opponents have scored in all but four of [...]
One “when” and a whole lot of “if.” Ladies and gentlemen, baseball season is upon us.
This season’s forecast for Detroit: generally gloomy but with a 58% chance of sunshine. Part two in a series.
Jeff at Royally Speaking invited me to participate in another roundtable discussion, this time looking at the 2008 AL Central in review. You can read it in its entirety here.
It wasn’t October baseball – not yet – but it was the next best thing and they won the only way they possibly could have: improbable plays, remarkable work by the starter and closer, and one timely swing of the wrecking ball.
No, that wasn’t October baseball we saw. But the next time we talk about [...]
They lost tonight – so who needs tomorrow? Everyone, that’s who.
Let’s all just step back, take a deep breath. . . and scream our lungs out.
Is parity dead? Probably. Let us go savor the moment in all its unfair goodness.
Halfway through today’s Sox-Kittens doubleheader, the reports from each team’s last ten makes for an interesting symmetry:
White Sox: 5-5
Twins: 5-5
Indians: 4-6
Tigers: 4-6
Kansas City: 5-5
League-wide rainouts and scheduling quirks aside, is anyone really going to win this division?
The AL Central race no one’s talking about (for good reason).
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.