AL West Preview
The AL West – baseball’s easiest road to the postseason. These teams just have to outlast three others to get in, it’s that simple. I never understood why this hasn’t been addressed. And after reviewing the potential these four teams have, plus the staggering amount of flaws each team has, it’s really embarrassing that one of these teams will make the postseason. This might be a bigger problem for baseball than steroids.
NL West Preview
The NL West...where two teams traveled as far as possible from the Yankees to make money and where the one team with any World Series aspirations is relying on a former Yankee manager and a displaced Red Sox from the Bronx....funny isn't it? Not as funny as having to trade your best player because you're getting divorced, but still funny.
NL Central Preview
It’s time to preview the NL Central, the most unpredictable and up for grabs division in baseball, year in, year out. Any of these mediocre teams could win the division … except for you, Pirates; you aren’t even a mediocre team.
NL East Preview
The NL East...it's home to the reigning world (US) champion Philadelphia Phillies. Which in turn is home to the Liberty Bell, cheese steak, cheese steak, cheese steak...heck it's like a Baby New York!
Here’s one man’s look into the future at how it’s all going to shake out in the AFC:
Sports Hubris Radio Show - Click Here
Saturday November 8th
Time: 1:30 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST
This past week saw another star studded trade happen in the NBA when Allen Iverson packed up for the Motor city, and crossed paths with Chauncey Billups on his way to Colorado. Fans can thank the Celtics featuring Kevin McHale for breaking the ice on these types of trades, but just how effective was this trade?
A quick reminder: Last year, when the Celtics brought together Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, most pundits stated that while the Celtics were obviously improved, they would struggle to get these three superstars to mesh and their bench would be too weak for them to be a true championship contender. This was a fair reason however - bringing star players together did not guarantee anything, in fact, there are very few cases where a team with one superstar acquired two more superstars to join him and it garnered success.
I am sick and tired of hearing about "Big Game James" when his past start was his 4th postseason start. It made him 2-2 lifetime in the postseason with an ERA of 2.88 (good), a WHIP of 1.44 (bad) and Opp BA of .289 (very bad). In fact, he's gotten lucky with the number of hits and walks he has given up in the playoffs that none of the teams he's faced ever got the big blow he's flirted with. We might as well start calling Dice-K "Big Game Matsuzaka" if we're going to be handing out the "Big Game" moniker so freely.
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Saturday October 25th
Time: 2:30 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
