Category: MLB General

     Major League Baseball finally gathered up some balls and stepped to the plate Tuesday. According to The Associated Press, the MLB Owners and Players Union have agreed to beef up the leagues steroid policy in a big way.

“It’s designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone.” -A. Bartlett Giamatti

Such is life of a baseball fan. Here we are in mid-November with only a few meaningless awards to argue over and the coals of the Hot Stove to warm us/coax us through the winter. My brothers, I feel your pain. Meaningless or not, however, argue we must.  

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted on the American League Cy Young Award Winner, and it was a surprise to many. Some think that there was some biased opinions involved, but others think that the nomination of Bartolo Colon was not the right one.

When Major League Baseball hands out its postseason hardware, it probably won’t look like this (but it should).  Find out why David Ortiz is the AL MVP and why the Mets want a refund from Carlos Beltran.

With a three-game lead in the series, the White Sox turn to former Houston minor leaguer Freddy Garcia to cap the White Sox first title in over 80 years.  Houston area native Brandon Backe, in the biggest game of his life, will try and keep the Astros playing another day.

With the White Sox ahead two games to none, the Astros will turn to NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt to get them back into the series.

To all who say this year’s World Series will be anything but “worth watching,” go watch football and leave me alone to watch what will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most even-matched Series in recent memory.

By Alex Fitzsimmons, email [email protected]

It’s the worst feeling in the world. The kind of feeling you get when you step in an airplane and breathe in a whiff of unfiltered gook mixed with dead skin and a glut of infectious bacteria. Whether you dominate for 8 2/3 innings or get smacked around for 1 1/3, it doesn’t matter–you feel helpless, vulnerable.

With two on and two out in the top of the fifth inning, Wednesday, St. Louis Cardinals skipper Tony Larussa trotted out to the pitcher’s mound, lifted his finger, signaled to the bullpen, and sent starter Mark Mulder down the lonely, shameful walk to the clubhouse.

The White Sox and the Astros are set to square off in the 2005 Fall Classic.  Here’s a look at Game 1’s starters, and some series keys.

Each offseason, Major League Baseball general managers spend a considerable amount of time looking for the right players to complete their rosters. Big offseason acquisitions can inspire loads of excitement amongst a fan base. But sometimes it’s the low profile signings that can propel a team to October success. Case in point is the Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. His signing filled out a gritty roster filled with enough character to get the White Sox to their first pennant since 1959.