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Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Wednesday, 28th July 2010

Now that we are more than halfway through the season, we can see that many of the players expected to have big seasons are doing just that, with a few pleasant surprises to boot. Let's take a look at the position players who have had the biggest impact this fantasy season as of July 20. 5. Vladimir Guerrero, [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Wednesday, 28th July 2010

To hit 600 home runs, you have to be nothing short of a baseball legend. Those on the list include: Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa. As of July 22, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is just two shy of breaking into the exclusive club, yet there has been little excitement [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Wednesday, 28th July 2010

Everyone wants to have Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, but it's also important to find players on the rise who may have gotten off to a slow start this season. Let's take a look at the top fantasy players who appear to be setup for a huge second half. (Note: all stats are as of July 21.) 5. [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Wednesday, 28th July 2010

Forget all the preseason analysis and the hammering of data that suggested the San Diego Padres were going to be a non-contender in 2010. Not only have the Padres been much better than most people anticipated, they have been the best team in the National League for a majority of the season. As of July 20, the Padres [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

Here are the players I would give the following awards to if the 2010 MLB season ended at the All-Star break. American League: Cy Young - David Price, Starting Pitcher, Tampa Bay Rays: Price has been dominant throughout the entire first half of 2010. Boasting a 12-4 record and a 2.42 ERA, Price is the only choice. He's helped keep [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

After a compelling All-Star game, MLB teams can now focus on buckling down and making a run at the playoffs in the second half of the season. Let's take a look at what the awards would look like for the first half. American League: MVP - Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers. Miguel Cabrera could very well win the award, and possibly [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

It wasn't long ago that Carlos Beltran was widely considered one of the best overall players in the league, a Hall of Fame talent who could do everything on a baseball field. But after a few somewhat disappointing seasons in the Big Apple, Beltran's career has stalled due to a knee injury that has caused him to drop from [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

Well, so much for the Philadelphia Phillies running away with the National League East before the all-star break. At the time of the mid-summer classic, the Phillies were 4.5 games behind the surprising Braves, who continue to be one of the nicest stories of the year in manager Bobby Cox's last season. Let's take a look at how [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

Looking at the standings at the midway point of the season, only the New York Yankees seem to be where they are supposed to be. The rest of the league has been filled with teams that have come out of nowhere and others that have been monumental disappointments. Let's take a glance at the six division leaders at [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

With the exception of the A.L. East, the first half of the baseball season has proven the unpredictability of Major League Baseball. But part of the fun of a major league season is to try and anticipate the trends to see which teams have enough quality players to make it to the postseason and which ones will fall by [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Thursday, 22nd July 2010

There have been a lot of factors that have gotten us to where we are today in the game of baseball, but not many factors have been bigger than the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Sure, he's been the butt-end of many jokes and may have had the most distinctive and nefarious firing style since Darth Vader, [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Wednesday, 21st July 2010

As of July 16, the San Francisco Giants are in fourth place in the National League West. However, they're just 3.5 games out of first place in what is shaping up to be the tightest division race in baseball. The San Diego Padres have had control of the division for much of the 2010 season, but the Giants, [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Monday, 19th July 2010

Here are the players that I think should start for the National League in the All-Star game. (Note: All statistics are as of July 6.) Catcher - Miguel Olivo, Colorado Rockies: He's hitting better than .300 and has double-digit home runs. Brian McCann has not done enough to get the nod over Olivo in my mind. Olivo's OPS [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Saturday, 17th July 2010

While the A.L. starters were fairly predictable, the N.L. starters based on fan voting was capricious and difficult to anticipate. Let's take a look at the National League starters for this year's all-star game. Catcher - Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals. Molina is a nice player but is not the best catcher on the National League roster. With [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Saturday, 17th July 2010

Now that the starters for the upcoming all-star game have been announced, let's go through the various positions and see if the fans got it right. Catcher - Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins Mauer is the only real choice here. Not only is he one of the most popular players in the league but he's still the best overall catcher as well, [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Laura Steinfield @ Tuesday, 13th July 2010

Joseph Matthew Blanton, born December 11, 1980 in Nashville (Tennessee) United States, is an American baseball player playing in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies. After the 2009 season, the pitcher who won the 2008 World Series Phillies Avenue, 166 games for an average ERA of 4.21. After his secondary education at the Franklin-Simpson High School Franklin (Kentucky), Joe Blanton [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Anna Kerry @ Tuesday, 13th July 2010

The National Highway 1 is the second highest level of baseball championship of France after the Elite league. Contested by 18 teams divided into three pools of six geographic teams, the competition is issuing a ticket each year to serve in the elite of the best French clubs evolve Elite. Each year the two best clubs in regional emerging victors of [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Monday, 12th July 2010

Though the fans get to vote on the position players, it's up to the players themselves to select who have been the best pitchers so far this season. Let's take a look at which pitchers will be in the running for an all-star game appearance this season. Starters (5): David Price, Tampa Bay Rays. Price has been fantastic [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Monday, 12th July 2010

The All-Star game is approaching, and here are the players I believe should start the game for the American League. (Note: All statistics are as of June 29th.) Catcher - Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins: Mauer is not having the fantastic year that he put together in 2009, but he's still hitting .300 as a backstop. His power numbers are [more...]

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Baseball | By Pat Smith @ Monday, 12th July 2010

It isn't just Ubaldo Jimenez having a dominant season this year in the National League. Let's look at which pitchers should get a chance to pitch this year in the all-star game. Starters (5): Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado Rockies. Well, this one is a no-brainer. Jimenez has a 14-1 record, a ton of strikeouts and an ERA of 1.83 so [more...]