Apparently I didn’t do predictions last year. So I can’t call this my annual predictions post. But here they are just the same. Warning: my awards picks are awfully chalky.
National League
If you follow me on the twitter machine (and haven’t muted me), you got to follow along as I went through all the albums I listened to this year to decide on a top-10. It turns out there are 15 albums. There weren’t a ton of albums that I just absolutely loved…
Greetings from Nationals Park, where I’ll be coordinating coverage for the Cubs-Nats NLDS. I’m enormously excited to be doing this again; there’s nothing in this job more fun than the postseason.
I did surprisingly well last year, which means these are likely going to be hilaribad to look back on come September. But let’s give it a shot anyway.
My one rule that is different from how some people may do this: when I pick pennant winners, I look some at which team…
No, for real, I’m not a scout. When I was on the beat, a scout-y eye was always one of my weaknesses. I worked over the years to refine it, but I do want to preface this by saying I’m not a trained scout.
Yep, check it out, I’m trying to get back into the blogging game.
AL East: Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays, Yankees, Rays.
I feel good about the Red Sox. To me, they’re the pick in the AL, with a high floor due to their deep offense and a high ceiling…
This afternoon, I hit my seventh ballpark in seven days, finishing up a week of barnstorming all over Florida. In my new role as full-time editor and sometimes reporter/columnist/analyst, my work was more about meeting people, talking to people, checking in on what’s going on…
According to Dan McLaughlin, who I’d have to think would know, Rick Ankiel is retiring. This isn’t an enormous surprise, since he’s not in camp anywhere and he hasn’t been in a big league game since June. But it’s still news. Ankiel was one of the most fascinating, exciting…
The best/most memorable/most compelling nine-inning games I’ve seen in person…
5. Tie: 2003 NLCS, Game 6 (Bartman), and 2004 NLDS, Game 3 (Lima Time)
4. July 28, 2004, Cardinals 10, Cubs 9
I saw it noted on Twitter this afternoon that today is the 10th anniversary of one of the more memorable games I covered during my years on the beat. On June 13, 2003, Roger Clemens joined two very elite clubs by recording his 300th win and 4000th strikeout in the big leagues.