Anyone happen to catch the Nationals-Braves game last night on TV?  A beautiful new ballpark for the team in DC … a great game … welcome back baseball.  The president threw out the first pitch in a ceremonial manner.  A tradtion that was started in 1910.  I smiled.
What disgusted me more than words can describe […]

Gibbons is gone! ALLELUJIA!!  It took long enough!  I hope Jay enjoys the $11.9 million … he should save it and make it last.  He won’t be playing baseball anytime again soon!
By the way … I don’t credit the Orioles front office for this.  I chastise … it should have NEVER, EVER taken this long!!!!!  […]

The Baltimore Orioles have just announced that they have released Jay Gibbons. It is huge news. It is clear sign that the club is absolutely committed to winning. Mr. Angelos, Mr. MacPhail and Dave Trembley showed that they give a damn and they should all be commended. Even more than trading Tejada and Bedard, this […]

So here we go boys and girls… A 162 game marathon begins at 3:05 p.m. on Monday (weather permitting). Opening Day still ranks as my favorite day of the year.   The site is Oriole Park at Camden Yards; 17 years after it opened it remains the greatest place in the universe.
The Yard serves as  a shrine to all  that […]

Memphis Vs Texas…. I love the way this Longhorns team is playing. Abrams and Augustine have been terrific…..Abrams htting big threes and Augustine driving the lanes.  They will have there hands full trying to guard Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts and the inside presence of Joey Dorsey.  Texas was able to play Stanford’s style of […]

Two great games coming our way on Saturday and here is how i see them finishing up.
 UNC Vs Lousiville…  I believe this will be a close game.  UNC is a 6 point favorite, and everyone is betting on them which worries me.  They are playing so well right now, so its hard to bet against […]

So 3-1 last night, not too shabby.  I believe that we have 3 very tough games tonite so lets roll through them to finish the elite 8.
 Kansas Vs Villanova…. Lets get the easy one out of the way.  Kansas guards > Nova guards.  This is simple math to me.  Much like Western Kentucky, Villanova’s run […]

Here are my predictions….
UNC vs Wash St… I think Unc will win this game, but this will be there first scare.  Wash St will slow down the game, so don’t look for unc to drop a hundred on them.  The Tarheels need a game like this to re-focus.  They have been smoking the competition.  Unc […]

Only ’cause Brett Hollander wouldn’t leave me alone …
American League –
EAST - Red Sox
CENTRAL - Indians
WEST - Mariners
WILD CARD - Yankees
National League –
EAST - Mets
CENTRAL - Cubs
WEST - Rockies
WILD CARD - Braves
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION - Cleveland Indians 
AL CY YOUNG - Chen-Ming Wang
NL CY YOUNG - Johan Santana
AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP - Matt Holliday

Here are my 2008 MLB predictions. Let’s see how good I am at prognosticating.
Before I do so,  just want to say that,  without a salary cap, baseball will never have teams going from last to first in successive seasons, in contrast to the NFL. But, the key word in sports these days is ”parity.” That seems to be the measure of  the […]