Although the Korea has only one player (Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland Indians) on their roster who currently plays in the MLB, they are a team that no other country is overlooking in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. They play very fundamental baseball and are very disciplined. Although their 2009 WBC sch...

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I'm going to pick a player to have a very big season in 2009, causing immense confusion for a lot of Cardinal fans wearing #54 t-shirt jerseys. Here are a couple of age-25 season lines:   Level     Ave     OBP     SLG   ...

One of the sleeper teams in the 2009 World Baseball Classic is Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has a very talented roster, with more than half of the roster comprised of Major League Baseball talent. Here’s a look at Puerto Rico’s roster: Alvarado, Giancarlo - Pitcher Aviles, Michael - Infielde...

As I assured you on Sunday, despite my excessive reprieve from blogging over the past few months I most certainly was not asleep on the job - nay, I've been silently obsessing over all the haps in the baseball world all along. Now I simply must catch up. Obviously the biggest maneuver the Yanks pull...

It's been many moons since last I performed any of my Yankees Chick duties, and for this I offer you my most Phelps-worthy apologies. I haven't been out on the Yankees and certainly haven't ceased following them, I simply ran out of hours in the day between work and school (and TV), and when I did h...

Even though NFL football is out of session for the weekend, our thoughts and analysis coming off the weekend have to take the gridiron into account. We just have to ask: what could possibly be the motivation for Jerry Jones to all but guarantee that his team will once again be left out of the conver...

Let me just say up front that I’m a fan of guys who get the most of our their ability. If you aren’t gifted with overwhelming tools and still find a way to succeed, unless you’re a complete jerk, I’m behind you. With that disclaimer out of the way, it should come as no surpri...

I watched a replay of the ‘98 NL West clincher Tuesday night on Channel 4. Mel Proctor and Rick Sutcliffe called the game (with Mark Grant handling the John Weisbarth “roving reporter” role), which made me realize how very dearly I will miss Matt Vasgersian this year. The fun part ...

Ready to cross out the number on your Mike Mussina jersey to Sharpie in the number of a current Yank? Never fear, Peter Abraham has provided us with the official Yankees Spring Training roster complete with each player's jersey number: 2 Derek Jeter INF11 Brett Gardner OF12 Cody Ransom INF13 Alex Ro...