I think the media (cough ESPN), idiot fans, and other very uninformative talking heads like to ring the bell at such an early stage in any sporting season. It's two weeks into the 2010 season, and I'm sure we're all ready to write off the Boston Red Sox, hail the Rays as champs, declare Oakland as an IT team again, and hand Livan Hernandez the Cy Young. Right..., no, wait, wrong. I don't need to cite fantastic examples of people jumping on the bandwagon, or jumping overboard too soon. ...
Here is how the candidates stack up. 1. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies 24 innings, 3-0, 1.12 ERA, 21 strikeouts, 2 walks The Doctor is in the house. Halladay has to be the leader in the Cy Young race in the National League thus far. Through 3 starts, he has 3 wins and ...
Recently the two young up and comers that get mentioned with high praise have been MLB Networks #1 and #2 prospects. They are Jason Heyward and Stephen Strasburg. Its the classic do you get the everyday player or ace starting pitcher. A brief scouting report of the two: Jason Heyward, OF, Atlanta Braves Not since Andrew Jones has an outfielder been as hyped as Jason. He does all five tools well and is the current starting RF for the resurgent Atlanta Braves. His power, athleticism, ...
1. Doug Fister - Fister? I barely knew her. 2. Randy Johnson, a.k.a. "The Big Unit" 3. B.J. Upton 4. Albert Pujols ...
Updated 04-24-2010 at 11:01 AM by DirtyKash
This is the point of the season where fans either crown them champions or lets blow up the team. We are 6 or 7 games in people! 9. Martin Prado leads the ML with a .542 batting average. How long before TBS or TNT have live look-ins in the middle of their Office re-airs? 8. Houston's offense found new levels of inept. You know its bad when one team scores as many runs in ONE INNING as you have all season. But there's always the NBA Playoffs... oh damn. ...