Yankee Stadium was completely empty before the game was over on opening day.

Opening day is like New Years Eve.  Lots of drunks and far too much optimism. Much like New Years Eve, that optimism dies a horrible death a month or two later when you realize your team sucks or your new years resolution was a lie.  Regardless, an opening day victory from your favorite baseball team will get you giddy.  Giddy enough to where you start planning out your team’s playoff rotation.  Opening Day 2013 has arrived, and I’ll run though some of the highlights, or most likely the low lights, of the most important games of the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Filthy Animal

Another baseball season is upon us and with it brings a litany of irrational predictions from fans, beat writers, analysts, and crazy homeless people who live in front of my building.  For my inaugural blog for TSB I have decided to throw out the most irrational preseason prediction ever!   Let’s start with the 2013 final standings…get ready to laugh/challenge me to a fight.

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Opening day is exactly one week away. I for one, am getting very excited for some meaningful baseball games. Today I am going to make my predictions for the National League in the 2013 season. The National League seems to be a little bit more wide open than the American League (which I previewed and predicted here) which makes for some tougher and more interesting calls.

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Post by Dave Slavin 

Former #1 overall draft picks Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg have been key parts in the Nationals hot start.

If asked who would be contending for the division lead heading into the second month of the season, how many of you would have said the Baltimore Orioles or Washington Nationals? In 2011 the O’s finished dead last in the A.L. East and the Nats finished 21.5 games off the pace in the N.L. East. That’s what makes these teams the biggest surprise thus far in the 2012 campaign.

Pitching has been the key to success for both clubs.  Baltimore, sporting a 20-12 record, which is good enough to tie them with, last year’s wildcard Tampa Bay Rays.  Washington has a similar 19-12 record and is .5 games in front of the Atlanta Braves.

The Orioles are in one of, if not the toughest division in baseball, the A.L. East.  With powerhouses like the Yankees and the Red Sox, nobody seems to pick the O’s for just about anything.  This season, Baltimore has found some early magic and has been riding it. Read the rest of this entry »

As if I needed another reason to hate Philadelphia, Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels intentionally threw at phenom Bryce Harper in his first at bat of the game this past Sunday night.  Read the rest of this entry »