A whole new ball game – The start of a journey
So, here’s the thing….I was trying to decide what I’d do during the gap between the last game of the Stanley Cup and the start of the new NHL season in October. Then it came to me, like a fastball…
Can woeful Astros close National League chapter with a final hoorah?
The Houston Astros enter their final season as a National League team in 2012, but are coming off the worst season in franchise history. A 56-106 record left them 40 games behind NL Central winners the Milwaukee Brewers and with…
Talented Reds looking to prove poor 2011 was just a blip
After reaching the post season for the first time since winning the NL Central in 1995, and recording their first winning season since 2000, the Reds were rightly full of optimism heading into the 2011 season. Unfortunately, they never really…
Can Epstein and Sveum turn the Lovable Losers into winners again?
A 2011 season that had the Cubbies thinking of post-season play turned into a disaster as the North Siders finished 20 games under .500 despite pulling out all the stops in trading for Matt Garza and sign hard hitting Carlos…
Nationals full of exciting prospects, but can they win now?
Make absolutely no mistake about it, in a few years time, the Washington Nationals could be genuine World Series contenders. The list of young and supremely talented players in the capital seems almost limitless. The much hyped Bryce Harper, the…