Category Archives: Brad Lidge

A Day for Propsects and, um… Streaking?

Two of baseball’s top prospects are at the top of the news today – which makes it fun for the baseball junkies like me. Mike Trout is back.  The Angels released the struggling (and, sadly, aging) Bobby Abreu and brought … Continue reading

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2012 Season Forecast: Washington Nationals

2011 Season: 80 – 81 (3rd, NL East) Runs Scored: 624 (12th, NL) Runs Allowed: 643 (7th, NL) A rain out prevented the team from having a chance at getting all the way back to .500.  Davey Johnson’s task is … Continue reading

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2012 Season Forecast: Philadelphia Phillies

2011 Record: 102 – 60 (1st in NL East, Best Record in NL) Runs Scored:  713, (7th in the NL) Runs Allowed: 529, (Best in the NL) Season Recap: With three aces firing on all cylinders, the Phillies were hot … Continue reading

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Can you make a competitive team with your pick of the remaining free agents?

I was flipping through the list of remaining free agents (as of 1/16/2012) and tried to field the best team possible with those players still available.  Here’s what you can do… Catcher: The best hitting catcher is probably Ramon Castro, … Continue reading

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Sox, Rays Fall to 0 – 6; Twins Rookie 2B Out Indefinitely

The Red Sox lost, 1 – 0, to Cleveland yesterday – the winning run scored on a suicide squeeze play in the eighth, and the Red Sox had the tying run on in the ninth, only to have him picked … Continue reading

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Opening Day: The Best Day of the Year

Opening Day in Major League Baseball is my favorite day of the year – and this one had plenty of highlights that suggest that 2011 could be as exciting a season as can be imagined. Red catcher Ramon Hernandez hits … Continue reading

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Uecker On DL With Heart Surgery

Longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, whose sense of humor – especially when poking fun at himself – and colorful commentary and story telling has earned him legions of fans across the upper midwest, is scheduled for surgery to replace … Continue reading

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2010 Season Forecast: Philadelphia Phillies

Last Five Years: 2009:  93 – 69 (1st, NL East, Lost World Series) 2008:  92 – 70 2007:  89 – 73 2006:  85 – 77 2005:  88 – 74 Runs Scored: 820 (1st NL) Runs Allowed: 709 (6th NL) Season … Continue reading

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Jimenez Tosses First Rocky No Hitter; Mets top Cards in 20 innings (and lots of old news)

Until last night, no Colorado Rockies pitcher had brought a no-hitter into the eighth inning – but Ubaldo Jimenez not only did that, he finished the job – cruising the last four innings and beating the Atlanta Braves.  Jimenez battled … Continue reading

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Cubs Have Most Expensive Tickets; Yankees Franchise Worth Most Money… Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Forbes Magazine valued the Yankees franchise at $1.6 BILLION – nearly double the next closest franchise (Boston), and Forbes Magazine says that they had a net revenue figure of $441 million after accounting for revenue sharing and other stadium requirements.  … Continue reading

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