White Sox Look Strong for 200

The Chicago White Sox had a so-so year in 2009. They finished third in the American League Central with a record of 79-83 and are looking for much improvement in 2010. They need to keep winning because their attendance keeps dropping since their World Series win in 2005.  As everyone knows, fans love a winning [...]

200 Nationals Look to Future

It’s true that the 2009 Washington Nationals finished the season with a record of 59-103, not only last in the National League East, but worst in all of baseball. But that’s not the whole story. They did finish ‘09 winning their last seven games and are actually excited about their future.
 
As general manager Mike Rizzo [...]

200 Move-up Year for Padres

The San Diego Padres finished the 2009 season in 4th place in the National League West with a record of 75-87. Not too great of a year, true but during the last ten weeks of the season, they went 37-25. That could be a fluke, or a sign of things to come. Being out of [...]

A Baseball Glove for Christmas

One year when I was a kid, I received a new youth baseball glove for Christmas. I still remember how good the leather smelled and how much fun I had breaking it in. The only bad part was the wait for the weather to get warm enough to actually play with it. The three-month wait [...]

Christmas Eve and Spring Training

For most kids, not much beats the excitement of the anticipation of Christmas Eve. For those of us who are baseball fans, young and old alike, we are also looking forward to spring training just six weeks in the future. Six cold, gray, snowy, ice crusted weeks, unless you happen to live in the ’sunbelt’ [...]

Playing “500″ With the Gang

When we were kids on a warm summer day, and wanted to play baseball, but could only muster five or six kids, we would start a game of ‘500.’ We would choose one kid to bat, and all the rest of us would go into the field with out baseball gloves. The batter would toss [...]

The Memories of Sandlot Baseball

What kid who has ever picked up a baseball glove or baseball bat hasn’t played some form of ’sandlot’ baseball? It might have been a field with the weeds trampled down and the base paths mowed, (even though that same kid would never mow his own lawn) a city street & using a stick for [...]

Mets Hope 200 is a Better Year

The New York Mets would just like to forget about the ‘09 season and move on to better things in 2010. Even though they had the highest payroll in the National League, injuries (a lot of them) and underperformance (never good) cut their legs out from under them. With a dismal record of 70-92, their [...]

Why Does a Catcher Need a Different Glove?

Amongst baseball gloves, there are a few field positions which claim to require different types of gloves, though it might seem that a different style of mitt is unnecessary.  For some field positions, this is true, but the catcher is unique.  Catchers mitts are characterized by their wide diameter, and additional thickness. The width of [...]

Rays Find Closer in Atlanta

The Tampa Bay Rays were in dire need of a closer. Not just any closer, but a good, proven closer. The 2008 Rays won the strong American League East then went on to the World Series, losing to the Phillies in 5-games. They made it to the Series on good young talent, excitement, and a [...]

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