Will 200 Marlins Strike Paydirt?

The Florida Marlins have been playing good, not great, baseball as of late. They have been close to making the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, and finished with a record of 87-75, which was good enough for a second place finish in the National League East. They have a bunch of young [...]

200 Looks Strong for Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are looking very optimistically at the 2010 baseball season, and they have every right to be. Coming off a third best in the National League, wild-card finish with a record of 92-70, they were just three games behind the Dodgers. They have had two playoff appearances in the past three years, and [...]

A Girl’s Softball Memories

Years ago, my daughter Brenda played girl’s softball for about two or three seasons. I asked her if she had any memories that stuck out in her mind. She said she had a few-mostly silly ones, she could remember. She had fun playing, but never intended to stay with it for very long. She started [...]

Will 200 be Better For Reds?

The Cincinnati Reds finished the 2009 season in fourth place in the National League Central with a record of 78-84. But that’s not the whole story. They had the best record in the National League for the last six-weeks of the season going 27-13. The young players on the team are playing better baseball.
 
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Stitches for a First Baseman

When our son Andy was ten years old, he was playing in his 3rd year of Little League baseball. The first couple of years, he played catcher and did a little pitching, but then he wanted to try first base. So, we added a Rawlings first base mitt to his growing collection of baseball gloves [...]

200 is Cubs “Next Year”…

The Chicago Cubs, what can you say? They had a bad century and are working on their second. Maybe they’ll snap out of it and maybe we are not really in a recession, either! At any rate, the Cubs had a so-so year in 2009, finishing in second place behind St. Louis in the National [...]

Arizona Diamondbacks Look to 200

It always amazes me that when a team does poorly, the manager (Bob Melvin) gets the ax. The D-backs finished dead last in the National League West with a record of 70-92. Only two years previous, they won their division with a lot of hungry young ball players trying to earn a spot in the [...]

A Look at 200 Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves should have a better 2010 baseball season than 2009 was for them. Manager Bobby Cox will be around for at least one more season because he thinks they can finish ‘in the hunt’ once again. Although the Braves finished out of playoff contention, their 3rd place National League East finish at 86-76 [...]

A Kid’s First Double Play

I was eight years old when I first joined Little League baseball. What an exciting time that was. I got a new uniform with a blue baseball hat, new sneakers, and a new youth baseball glove. I was ready to play ball! My new team had a manager who assigned us to positions, not necessarily [...]

A Boy Dreaming of Spring

As a youngster growing up in the Chicago suburbs, winters were long, cold and dark. Don’t get me wrong, I loved to ice skate, sled ride, and play endlessly in the snow. Winter was one of my favorite seasons, but I also loved baseball. When it was late in February, 17 degrees outside and still [...]

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