The sport of baseball is in a fantastic place right now. The fact is that two of the 10-playoff berths only got locked up yesterday is absurd, considering there are only 12 -14 games left in the regular season. And the two teams who clinched spots were the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds, both NL teams from the East and [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees drop on August 24
August 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Are the New York Yankees in serious jeopardy of losing the AL East division to the Tampa Bay Rays? Well, according to MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds it is inevitable. So let’s say this New York nightmare does come true, according to ESPN New York’s Wallace Matthews this team will still be remembered…. If they (the [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Where do Yankees rank on August 10
August 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Baseball fans everywhere are energized, as August is when things get really exciting and this year might rank with the best ever. And thanks to the newly added Wild Card spots, and one of the most competitive seasons I have ever seen, dreams of October are very real for many more teams than in the [...]
MLB Power Rankings: July 27 and Yankees are barely on top
July 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The New York Yankees had a rough time on the West Coast but even after going 2-5 and losing A-rod, the Bombers still own the best record in the AL. What the Yankees do now share is the best record in baseball, as the Washington Nationals also have a 59-39 record after their win over [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 15
July 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Oriolesare both at a crossroad because finally both teams are winning almost enough to be contenders, which is unfamiliar territory for both clubs recently. So, do the O’s and A’s make big splashes before the July 31st trade deadline, and risk depleting their farm systems if they miss the playoffs? [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 14
July 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The second-half of the 2012 MLB seasonis officially underway, and my apologies for the rankings being a day late this week. The New York Yankees were the best team in baseball before the All-Star Break and they still are as they took the first two games from the red-hot Los Angeles Angels and are looking to sweep [...]
Earth to Yankees You might want to win the All-Star game
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 2012 All-Star Game was about as fun to watch as paint drying, and every year it seems to get worse. Players don’t seem to give a hoot anymore; and fans think the All-Star Game has turned into an awful representation of a sport that they love every other day of the season. I did [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 11
June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Inter-league play is about to wrap-up this weekend, which is good for most of the NL teams who got exposed by their AL counterparts. The AL is winning the majority of the match-ups thus far with a 119-91 record but it has not been the easy street of years past. The Yankees finally lost this [...]
2012 MLB Team Preview: New York Mets
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Since their infamous 2007 collapse, the New York Mets just can’t seem to get a break. Last season the Mets finished fourth in the NL East winning with a 77-85 record, which is not so bad considering the team was riddled with injuries. The Mets and their fans have to believe that things will get [...]
2012 MLB Team Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
March 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last season the Los Angeles Dodgers dominated headlines for everything other than baseball. The team was still at the mercy of now ex-owner Frank McCourt, whose divorce was a literal soap opera and the team took the fall too. Still, the team put up an 82-79 record thanks to a great second-half of 2011, and [...]
