Sports in Perspective
Before you read, go to Twitter right now, and follow @mercerboy Don’t ask why. Just do it. Right now. Any time someone drops a sports methaphor like the following, you take notice: I’m not one of those guys that despises [Pirates' owner Bob Nutting] and wants to rip him, but that interview was kind of stupid. He [...]
Jimmy Rollins will lead the Philadelphia Phillies onto the diamond with a clean slate under the Florida sunshine. Does a name describe a club as the decades are finalized in the record books? Or did it have a different meaning in 1884?
The 2012 version of the Detroit Tigers comes to the table with plenty of certainties. But as absolute as their extra-base power and front-line starting pitching are, a few x-factors remain that can put this team over the top or hold them back from their ultimate goal. Make no mistake, barring a rash of injuries; [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies have 1 possible path to bring back Roy Oswalt, while Antonio Bastardo leads a slew of young guns into Camp Clearwater. The baseline from Triple-A to the majors is 50%, who will stick with the parent club and who will miss that last jump? There are 8–including Michael Stutes–and 4 each will fall on different sides of the centerfield fence.
Follow me on Twitter @jim_krug As I alluded to in my most recent article, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been so terrible for so long that even when they want to bring in free agents that could potentially help reverse the team’s plight, the players don’t want to come here. It’s a Catch-22 of baseball boobery. [...]
Follow me on Twitter @jim_krug Everyone knows the nursery rhyme about the boy who joked about seeing a wolf so many times that, when he finally does tell the truth, none of the townspeople believe him, and his flock of sheep (and in some versions, the boy himself) is promptly devoured. One of the most [...]
After covering both the infield and outfield over the past couple of weeks, we’ve finally gotten to possibly the most vital position on the team, if the last decade is used as a measuring stick. That is the starting rotation. There are no changes whatsoever from last year’s starting five except maybe the order they’re [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw to a two year, $19 million deal. Kershaw, 23, in his first arbitration eligible season, was reportedly asking for $10 million in 2012 while the Dodgers counter-offered with $6.5 million. Kershaw made $500,000 last season. “All in all, I’m excited and happy, and [...]
Whoever ends up buying the Los Angeles Dodgers has at least one area they can leave untouched. The team signed veteran reliever Todd Coffey, perhaps best known for his sprints from the bullpen, to a one year deal last Friday. The signing “rounds out,” perhaps literally based on the photo(right), a Dodgers relief staff which found [...]
How do the 2012 Philadelphia Phillies and Roy Halladay measure up to the ace-laden trios in baseball history? Up until now, this span-of-time issue has stymied everybody, but–unlike Joe Lewis versus Muhammad Ali–baseball statistics are plus-and-minus flexible. With a compensating system, you can minimize the differences from the dead-ball era to the current day, including the balanced middle. (Photo is Chief Bender on Phillies Page @ Philadelphia Phillies.)