Apparently, Bobby Cox has a figure in mind for Albert Pujols- $50 million a year, at least that is what he told the Associate Press. Very short blurb with the quote, and we all know that figure is unlikely- still its a nice news tidbit to follow-up yesterdays blog.

Today’s contest features a giveaway of a copy of the What If the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox?: And Other Fascinating Alternate Histories from the World of Sports, reviewed by our own Michael Street last summer. If you have not won a prize in the month of April, this contest is [...]

Yesterday was a very sad day for the Cardinals organization.  Why, you ask?  Because the Phillies just overpaid Ryan Howard.  While I can see its great news for Phillies fans from two standpoints, first they show they are committed to keeping their core players together, and second they show they are just plain willing to [...]

Just for the fun of it I thought I would post the standings as of today, so in September we can look back.
American League

East
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_ale);

 Tampa Bay
14
5
.737
-

 New York
12
6
.667
1.5
143

 Toronto
10
9
.526
4.0
140

 Boston
8
11
.421
6.0
138

 Baltimore
3
16
.158
11.0
133

buildTitleRows(”alc”);

Central
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_alc);

 Minnesota
13
6
.684
-
-

 Detroit
10
9
.526
3.0
141

 Cleveland
8
10
.444
4.5
140

 Chicago
8
11
.421
5.0
139

 Kansas City
7
11
.389
5.5
139

buildTitleRows(”alw”);

West
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_alw);

 Oakland
12
8
.600
-
-

 Los Angeles
10
10
.500
2.0
141

 Seattle
9
10
.474
2.5
141

 Texas
8
10
.444
3.0
141

National League

East
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nle);

 Philadelphia
11
7
.611
-
-

 Florida
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 New York
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Washington
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Atlanta
8
10
.444
3.0
142

buildTitleRows(”nlc”);

Central
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nlc);

 St. Louis
11
7
.611
-
-

 Chicago
9
10
.474
2.5
142

 Houston
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Milwaukee
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Cincinnati
8
11
.421
3.5
141

 Pittsburgh
7
11
.389
4.0
141

buildTitleRows(”nlw”);

West
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nlw);

 San Diego
11
7
.611
-
-

 San Francisco
10
8
.556
1.0
144

 Colorado
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Arizona
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Los Angeles
8
10
.444
3.0
142

Happy Birthday to:
Joe Crede, Kosuke Fukedome, Scott Strickland, Amos Otis and Mike Scott.
Others born today include Hall of Famer Hack Wilson, Sal Maglie and Virgil Trucks, and oh yes, me.   (Its nice to have your own blog to note such a thing- since as we all know at this age, birthdays start to seem just [...]