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It’s been a fun blogging season

Click to listenToday is bittersweet for me, readers. (Quick sidenote: The photos on the right highlight some memorable moments in Just Baseball history).Boy did John Danks stinkI am sad to see...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: uncategorized, farewell
A look ahead at the Cubs

Just wanted to quickly comment on the 2008 NL Central race. It’s never too soon, right? Most of the Cubs’ offseason decisions will be the responsibility of new ownership, so it’s...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: cubs, brewers, nl central
Happy Trails A-Rod; Good Luck Girardi

The World Series was kind of a yawner, wasn’t it? A-Rod and Scott Boras tried to be the news Sunday night when they announced the superstar would opt out of his contract. The MLB got mad and...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: yankees, alex rodriguez, joe girardi
Why the White Sox anger me

I’m sad to see that the Fire Joe Morgan guys beat me to this little number in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune. The headline: Hit-and-run to join White Sox’s arsenal Guillen will stress...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: white sox, david eckstein
Game 2

Who do I think will win tonight? I’d give the Red Sox a 52% chance of winning. Who would I bet on tonight? Rockies at +185. Book it. Just, out.

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: red sox, rockies, world series
World Series update

Through four innings, things don’t look good for the Rockies. A 4-1 deficit is certainly not insurmountable, but the Rockies are being obliterated right now. Jeff Francis is on the verge of...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: red sox, rockies, world series
Dusty Baker is back like Griffey in ‘Slugfest’

And Ken Griffey Jr. is on his team now! I must be at the nexus of the universe! Anyway, Dusty Baker is back at the helm of a Major League ball club, and I’m cringing at the thought. You’d...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: reds, dusty baker, slugfest, bad managing
2007 ALCS Breakdown

Alex Rodriguez is your scapegoat, Paul Byrd is an “outstanding” pitcher and Eric Wedge is a genius. It’s time for my ALCS breakdown:Catcher: Jason Varitek had a 2.000 OPS in 1997;...

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Tags: red sox, indians, breakdown, alcs
2007 NLCS Breakdown

Looks like the Diamondbacks (wow!) and Rockies (huh?) have reached the NLCS. Let’s be the first to do a breakdown: Catcher: The Rockies’ Yorvit Torrealba is a career .250 hitter with a...

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Tags: diamondbacks, rockies, nlcs, breakdown
Illinois Field switching to FieldTurf

I wrote this for today’s DI: Illinois Field will make the switch from grass to the artificial FieldTurf in time for the start of the 2008 baseball season, Illinois Director of Athletics Ron...

Started in Just Baseball • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: illini baseball, dan hartleb, fieldturf, illinois field