[Ring Ring, Ring Ring] Baseball: Hello Gideon: I’ve had some second thoughts, and realized I would like to write about you again, if that’s ok? Baseball: Well, I guess so. I have just finished up three of the most trade and signing packed days of the year. I’m sure you can find something in there. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boston Red Sox’
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 [...]
The Calm Before the Storm
On ESPN2 Baron Davis is watching Roger Federer toy with some Amadeusian Mozart looking guy in the US Open and dressed like a flasher, and I’m watching it. There’s an actual meaningful baseball game on ESPN; a game I wouldn’t care much about had I not just spent a long weekend in Florida, hanging out [...]
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 [...]
MLB Power Rankings – June 30th
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Cubicle GM MLB Power Rankings. These rankings are a collaboration of some of the brilliant minds that make up the brain trust here at Cubicle GM. Each participating member gives their individual rankings, and the combined average makes up where we see the balance of power in the [...]
Minor League Watch – May
In Mid April, I started a recurring monthly series titled ‘Minor League Watch,’ with the hope of providing a monthly update on some of baseball’s brightest prospects. The series will follow 5 prospects, ranging from A ball to one youngster that made the Big Show out of Spring training. As we near the quarter point [...]
Minor League Watch – The Intros
Spring Training, when professional baseball players from around the world descend upon Florida and Arizona, provides a truly unique stage as today’s stars, today’s role players, yesterday’s stars, and tomorrow’s stars practice and play together for 5 weeks. It’s a chance for fans to reacquaint themselves with their squad and see how their offseason acquisitions [...]
Nomar: I’m a Fatherhood All-Star, Too
America’s favorite soccer mom’s husband manages to keep the pay checks rolling in for another year, signing a one-year deal with the Oakland A’s yesterday. Nomar’s long, painful descent to retirement – from his one-time pedestal as Ted Williams’ heir apparent – continues, albeit now with a return to the American League. I would venture [...]
