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Spring Training Site Rankings

So, since I have now been to all of the spring training sites, I thought I would take this chance to rank them 1-30.
These are my personal rankings, in order of where I would prefer to watch a game.  Please note that  when you move out of the top 5 and until you get to [...]

Size does Matter

Richard Sandomir writes an interesting piece about the down-sizing of Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets.  For those that may not know, the new stadium holds about 11,000 fewer seats than Shea held.  Sandomir’s piece explores the reasoning for he decision, as the team states its aesthetic, and the long-term effects [...]

Richard Justice on Miguel Tejada

Richard Justice writes a great column today about Miguel Tejada, who can be thankful that he is burried in Texas away from the major media sources.  Justice hits him hard, but makes some excellent points.  Why should a guy making $13 million only have to pay $5,000 as a fine for lying to Congress.  Certainly [...]

Jeter Bats First

The news out of Tampa is second year manager Joe Girardi has had a brain-storm- flip flop Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter in the batting order.  This Tim Smith article gives the arguments for and against.  Most prominently is the fact that in the old order, Jeter has hit into 45 double-plays in the last [...]

Scott Lewis named Indians 5th starter

I happened to see Scott Lewis over the weekend when he finished the game Carl Pavano started.  he pitched 5 scoreless innings, and though he didn’t seem to have much power, there was much swinging and missing by the visitors that day.
Here is a link to the Paul Hoynes article, which includes some nice quotes [...]

Baseball Digest Daily Dream Draft

A couple of weeks ago, Michael Street and I particiapated in the Baseball Digest Daily Dream Draft. All the rounds aren’t up yet, it seems, but I thought I should give a shout out to it, because it was a great experience for me.  I approached it very differently than fantasy baseball, where certain offensive [...]