Monthly Archives: March 2008

Today the Mets will open up their regular season away against the Florida Marlins. The Marlins are sending one of their new pitchers, Mark Hendrickson, to the mound. Hendrickson, with a career ERA at 5.01 does have one thing that … Continue reading →

Before Spring Training Games started, I listed what I thought the final standings ion 2008 would be. That original list can be found here.For the AL East, I have not changed my predictions:    Boston    New York    Tampa Bay      Toronto    … Continue reading →

I am a big fan of Season previews even though they generally don't say anything that has already been said or that they do say things that just angers me. Anyway first up is the Washington Post. Projected NL 2008 … Continue reading →

No matter what happened in todays game, the point of today was the showdown for the fifth rotation spot. The combatants: El Duque vs the Big Pelf. In the first corner, pitching 5 innings El Duque:5.0 IP, 4 H, ER, … Continue reading →

The Mets picked up Parnel in the 2005 Draft in the 9th round, 269 overall. He played 3 seasons for Charleston Southern University before signing with the Mets. Looking at his stats in college, he did not look like a … Continue reading →

With these two games, pitchers started to get their final tuneups in before the season and Randolph started some strategy. Not wanting to have Santana face the Braves and Pedro the Marlins, he moved their games away from the MLB. … Continue reading →

Since there have been five games since the last time I updated game reviews, I decided to break it down, partially because Saturday and Sunday's games were depressing. Saturday, the game ended early due to rain in Winterhaven I believe, … Continue reading →

I just had a chance to watch the bottom of the ninth to the end of the game on an ESPN re-telecast this afternoon and have some further thoughts on the topic of opening day. First, I am not sure … Continue reading →

Part of this post I have been saving since the Padres and the Dodgers went to China to play their two game set. I watched part of both of those games, and watched part of a Red Sox game vs … Continue reading →

After searching milb.com by randomly scrolling down their list of Minor League teams, and looking at their April promotions, I have made a list of some of the promotions that are eye-catching this month. On April 5th, the Stockton Ports … Continue reading →