Life was going well for Jayson Werth in 1997. As an 18 year old high school graduate, he would be drafted in the 1st round, 22nd overall, by the Baltimore Orioles, who finished with an American League best 98 wins. After working his way up through the Orioles and Dodgers minor league systems, he would [...]
That’s right. If you have waited this long to jump on the Phillies bandwagon you may want to think differently. You may want to jump on the train, the Chooch Train. While Ruiz is often referred to as the prototypical defensive major league catcher, it is not his career .246 batting average that makes him [...]
McGriff would hit 30 or more home runs ten times in his career, including seven consecutive seasons. He would add eight seasons with 100 runs batted in. Selected for five All-Star Games, McGriff would win the All-Star Game MVP award in 1994 with a 2-run home run in the bottom of 9th that would tie the game and send it into extra innings. He would retire with three Silver Slugger awards and six top-10 finishes in MVP voting. He also was first player to ever lead both the American League and National League in home runs
In most cases when you win the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series one season you are expected to perform and perform well the next. The previous 10 winners include all-stars Mike Lowell, David Eckstein, Jermaine Dye, Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Troy Glaus, Curt Shilling, Randy Johnson, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera all [...]
In the history of Major League Baseball there have been only 23 players have hit for 40 or more doubles and 40 or more home runs in the same season, a feat that has been accomplished only 32 times. This past season Albert Pujols joins Lou Gehrig as the only two players to accomplish this [...]
Growing up watching Barry Larkin play I can remember his entire 19 year career with the Reds include 12 all star appearances, 3 gold gloves, a career .295/.371/.444, and 397 steals with only 77 caught stealing for an impressive 84% steal percentage. He would retire with 9 silver slugger awards, 441 doubles and 198 home [...]
After listening to Howard Eskine argue with Ike Reese quite adamantly during today’s broadcast that Ryan Howard could improve his offensive numbers if he were to “choke up” with two strikes, I decided to research the issue. How could someone that has averaged 100+ runs, 25+ doubles, 51 home runs 144 rbi’s, and 100 walks over [...]
If I ask up who you would start the first three games of our playoffs if they were to start today I am pretty sure it would go something like this Lee, Hamels, Happ. Well right now I would start Lee, Blanton and Happ and here is why. After posting a 7.11era through his first [...]
While some remember Roberto Alomar as one of the best defensive second basemen to ever play the game, many cannot forget the infamous evening of September 21, 2001 in which a distraught Alomar spat in the face of home plate umpire John Hirchback after being ejected for arguing a third called strike. Fortunately for Alomar, [...]
