August is supposed to be the Dawg-Days of the MLB baseball season, while September is usual full of excitement around playoff races and MVP & Cy Young awards. Less two weeks left in the season, there remains very little to be decided. As a result, the last two weeks are shaping up to be pretty [...]
MLB Would Be Better If There Were 4 AL Divisions
As crazy as it may sound, adding a 4th AL division would make MLB better – at least based on the current format of the
the game and the league. In my hypothetical world, the AL would lose the Wild Card, and each division winner would earn a playoff spot. The NL would remain the same. [...]
The AL is a Wee Bit Better than the NL
I’m certainly not the first one to bring this to light, but the AL is a wee bit whole lot better than the NL. Over the past decade or so the Junior Circuit is junior in seniority only. Allow me to lay out some evidence of the following:
Exhibit A: Since the start of interleague play [...]
Wagner to the Sox – 2 Month Stint or Longer Stay?
With news that Billy Wagner has been traded to the Red Sox coming across the wire yesterday, Sox closer Jonathon Papelbon pulled the old complete 180 in his commentsregarding Wagner joining the team. Sunday, Papelbon was full of fire and fury, quoted as saying the following,
“What has he done? Has he pitched this year?” Jonathan [...]
America Runs on V-Tek, and the Red Sox Don’t
This came across my screen this morning, and while I am most certainly a Red Sox fan, I am not one that hails and covets all things Jason Varitek. In fact, I’m extremely positive that his production is not worthy of being a starting catcher for a Major League Baseball team, let alone one that [...]
MLB Parity Non-Issue in the 00’s
With the decade quickly coming to a close, there is surely bound to be no shortage of ‘Decade in Review’ and ‘Decade Superlative’ columns, especially as we have no Y2K looming. At the very beginning of this decade, MLB was considering contraction of two of its squads, as the Expos (remember them?) and Twins came [...]
Red Sox Buchholz Rant
Its Rant Week for Gideon here at CubicleGM. After feeling great about getting some All Star related troubles off my chest, I return for some Red Sox and Buchholz related ranting. I have been diligent to not let my personal allegiances dominate my posts., but a mere four months after my first , I am [...]
All Star Game Rant
I was going to hold back, but after reading Jacob’s post, I shall rant, I must rant:
The frequency of the players entering and being substituted for made the game almost impossible to follow. The fact that the innings were so short only exacerbated the problem too. Joe Buck hardly had a chance to introduce each [...]
Learning to Pitch and No Hitters Unrelated
It was whilst (my 14th use of whilst) having a few beers Friday night that the MLB Network (or whichever channel the bar was tuned to) broke into the 9th inning of the Giants Padres game. Obviously Jonathon Sanchez would end up completing his Perfect Game, err No Hitter, but as I, and the rest [...]
