Posted on December 15, 2009, 12:41 pm, by JC, under
MLB.
If so, good for them. If you can get a former teammate of Koji Uehara’s that has three-quarters of the talent and double the durability, the rotation would be so much better off in 2010.
Technorati Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Hisanori Takahashi, Koji Uehara
Posted on December 10, 2009, 9:57 am, by JC, under
MLB.
Finally, the Baltimore Orioles are investing in some pitching. Young arms are good to build on, but veteran arms are needed to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox, also known as the Boardwalk and Park Place of Major League Baseball. Kevin Millwood should be, at most, serviceable as a starter for this team.
Millwood, who [...]
Posted on November 23, 2009, 11:00 am, by JC, under
MLB.
The good news is that Stephen Strasburg doesn’t need surgery on his injured knee. The continually bad news is that it is the second injury to the pitching phenom that has the potential to linger for years.
Technorati Tags: Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
Posted on November 11, 2009, 3:19 pm, by JC, under
MLB.
In a season of repeated failure, Ryan Zimmerman played up to expectations and in the midst of laughs from home and opposing fans. In turn, his defense has earned him his first N.L. Gold Glove.
At the hot corner, Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman completed one of the most well-rounded individual seasons in baseball [...]
Posted on November 11, 2009, 12:00 pm, by JC, under
MLB.
Maybe I’m not the best baseball mind to be speaking on this, but it seems to me that a guy like Bobby Valentine, regarded for controversy as much as he is for success, wouldn’t be the best fit for a team regarded for failure as much as it is for losing.
As such, I fully expect [...]
Posted on November 11, 2009, 10:40 am, by JC, under
MLB,
NBA,
NFL,
NHL.
For what the Baltimore-Washington area provides in culture, mild weather and pretty girls, it certainly balances out with the way it inflicts injuries on its professional athletes.
How many Washington Wizards are hurt? Chris Horton is going on IR, and will likely be followed by most of the offensive line? When is Ovechkin coming back?
Will Haloti [...]
Posted on November 10, 2009, 7:35 pm, by JC, under
MLB.
At least there is one spot in Charm City baseball culture not soiled by the dampened rag that passed as the Baltimore Orioles regular season; Adam Jones got his first gold glove.
So during a week where could’ve-been-Orioles were accepting their own Gold Gloves to accompany a World Series win, and shouldn’t-have-been Orioles were having their [...]
Posted on October 30, 2009, 9:00 am, by JC, under
MLB.
In a way, it’s like watching the dude you went to high school with that always had something smart to say walk across the stage at graduation. You spent most of your time convincing yourself not to punch him in the mouth, but you remember the times where he actually said something funny.
That’s how I [...]
Posted on October 29, 2009, 11:00 am, by JC, under
MLB.
So the guy that brought in Esmailyn “Smiley” Gonzalez was unjustifiably fired?
A Dominican Republic tribunal has ordered the Washington Nationals to pay US$40,000 in damages to a scout who was fired after signing a prospect who lied about his age.
Jose Baez, the Nationals’ former director of operations in the Dominican Republic, sued the team for [...]
Posted on October 26, 2009, 1:25 pm, by JC, under
MLB.
Either the Washington Nationals are very dumb, the Cleveland Indians are very smart, or they meet somewhere in the midst of Manny Acta’s warm smile and calming personality.
Acta is the new manager of the Cleveland Indians, which is a job that is dangerously close to being as hopeless as the Nationals’ gig. Fortunately, Acta can [...]