Cedric Benson
As a Chicago Bears fan, I'm getting a little concerned that he's not going to pan out as well as expected this year.
Thursday August 16, 2007 at 9:39am
Houston Astros, Houston Astros
There are 14 teams in the AL, and 16 teams in the NL. The AL West is the only 4 team division, and the NL Central is the only 6 team division. There are some natural disadvantages created by these constructs, in fairness to the entire league. It makes sense that the NL Central, if there's a team appropriate to do so with, move a team to the AL West.
And there is an appropriate team for this - the Houston Astros. It would give the Texas Rangers some sense of rivalry.
Why hasn't this been done already?
Sunday August 12, 2007 at 7:05am
For the Harrisburg Senators Fans
I'm not really one, but we do go to a game or two every year. The team's web site has a listing of all the players that have come through Harrisburg. So, I decided to try to build an all-time Senators teams based on the Major League Experience of those players. Mine is below, if you feel like playing along, throw yours into comments.
1B - Matt Stairs
2B - Jose Vidro
SS - Orlando Cabrera
3B - Jeff King
LF - Moises Alou
CF - Rondell White
RF - Vladimir Guerrero
Catcher - Michael Barrett
Starting Pitcher - Rick Reed
Relief Pitcher - Ugueth Urbina
Tough position for Cliff Floyd. If he played a little more CF I could see pushing White out.
Thursday August 2, 2007 at 6:51am
Barry Bonds
Dear MLB,
I know that the career home run mark is one of your game's most fabled, treasured records. However, I think you should know that the daily overload of coverage of Barry Bonds at this point, including the daily inclusion of whatever game the San Francisco Giants are playing on ESPN, is making this lifetime baseball fan pretty sickened. I can't stand the guy's "tude", couldn't even when he was a Pittsburgh Pirate, and it definitely makes it a lot easier to look for ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN BASEBALL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
Oh, and by adding a healthy dose of Bud Selig every day on top of this - well, all you need is Pete Rose showing up now and you'll have a trifecta of some of baseball's most unlikeable recent personalities.