Reaching postseason not a realistic goal for Reds
Tim Dierkes continues his series with a look at the Reds. Money shot: The Reds scored 4.35 runs per game in '08, 12th in the NL. How will they fare …
Tuesday Taters
• You can't really blame the Astros for wanting to upgrade at catcher. Last year, three guys saw action behind the plate and combined for the wo…
Brewers should make a few bold moves
"The Fielding Bible" is back, and it's (much) bigger and (definitely) better than ever. For example, Bill James' article about Defensive Misplays: R…
Friday Filberts
• Nice little profile of Scott Boras by Matt Taibbi (who's a fine writer when he's not trying to be funny on HBO). • Eric Seidman conve…
Count on Tigers being in the mix in AL Central
Tim Dierkes on the Tigers' offseason moves: In September we were talking about the Tigers slashing payroll drastically, but they're in the $125MM ra…
Simply put, American fans just love baseball
Uh-oh. It seems that we United States baseball fans just aren't pulling our weight … Kevin Youkilis, a member of the United States squad in the…
How CC, A.J. go, so will go the Yankees
I guess we had to know that the first time CC Sabathia got knocked around in spring training, we'd be favored with a story like this: CC Sabathia di…
Nationals' offense should be improved
David Pinto: Nationals hitting coach Rick Eckstein appears to be making progress with Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns. He made changes to move Kearns ba…
More former players need to address steroid issue
Jim Kaat on Alex Rodriguez and the bigger question: When I went down to the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic team practice before A-Rod o…
Schilling's take on pitchers in WBC a valid one
Curt Schilling on extracurricular baseball and what it might mean for pitchers: After the 1998 season I had the honor of being asked to play for the…