Can the Seattle Mariners win the

American League West ?

The answer is: yes, if the

following …

By Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

Seattle, WA,

Click Below for Amaury’s Analysis!

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Hello Gang,

According to an article in this morning’s hard copy edition of the NY Post, George is again on a rampage but this time it has surgical overtones which will be explained later.

The article mentions that in April the Yankees were 21-6 which of course was awesome. But in May they fell to 11-17 which wasn’t.

George is now in Cincinnati as a prelude to the Yankees interleague jaunt which will become magnificent this weekend as “The Rocket” goes for lifteime win #300 for the 300th time-this time against fellow “Rocket” Kerry Wood of the Cubs. The Yanks’ “Rocket” throws baseballs and bats with equal alacrity while the Wrigley “Rocket” seems limited to just baseballs.

Getting back to “The Boss,” his dissatisfaction was just expressed by the following, “We will get it fixed. Don’t bet against us getting it fixed.” I certainly hope he wasn’t referring to the neutering of certain 2003 underachievers.

Yours in Green and Gold,

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It’s always rewarding to read Amaury’s remarks. I just caught up with his most recent Giants analysis. I feel much the way he does about almost all of his comments. I think the Giants are going all the way as far as the division title is concerned. Can they go farther? Yes, if their pitching holds up. I have some disagreement with his evaluation of Moss and his comparison of Moss with Rueter. Rueter is invariably around the plate, When he isn’t he gets lit up. Moss is all over the place but has good stuff and gets away with it up to this point. I wouldn’t want him pitching with all the marbles on the line whereas Rueter does inspire some confidence. Frankly, I would much prefer seeing Schmidt out there in an important game than either of them. I agree with his comment about Feliz. He may be playing there sooner than expected. The big roadblock is the Alfonzo contract. Would Sabean enjoy seeing Alfonzo sitting on the bench? The Giants do need to do better against the American league than has been the case in the past, if for no other reason than simple pride and the obligation to hold up the National League banner. How can you allow teams from a league which shows such disrespect for the game by it’s use of designated hitters beat you? Amaury is right on about Santaiago. There is no way Dusty will forget about him when the AllStar game comes around. All in all, it’s always a delight to be exposed to Amaury’s thoughts and have a chance to react to them. That’s what baseball is all about, not only going up there to see the game but being able to talk with friends about what’s going on.
Ed Stern [Read more →]

Marty:

I am provoked by your A’s report card.

Can the Giants be far behind? So here goes.

Fans Click Read More for another terrific analysis of the Bay Area’s other team, the SF Giants, penned by baseball expert, Ed Stern.

Thanks Ed,

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Fans click below for a truly enjoyable review by Ed Stern, one of the best baseball fans I know, of Stephen Jay Gould’s book, “Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville”. Gould’s book has been acclaimed by baseball enthusiasts as one of the most genuine collection of baseball essays in years.

Ed also gives his thoughts on the American League race and continues with his season long look at the Giants strengths and weaknesses.

Thanks Ed for your expert look at the game.

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At the time of this article the Giants

had a 2 game lead on top of the

NL West. Last year at this time

the Giants were in second place

2.5 back of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Giants are in good shape, considering

this weekend will mark the first

one-third of the 2003 season.

By Amaury Pi-González

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Marty:

It seems to me that we have been thru this before. I recall mentioning that Marichal threw more complete games than wins. You mentioned Roberts and the number of innings he customarily threw. You can put dozens of old time pitchers in this category.

Click Below for Ed’s comments on pitching, they are right on, as usual.

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Congratulations Arturo Moreno

you are going to Disneyland !

Arturo Moreno is the first

Hispanic baseball owner

of a Major League franchise

and he brings a lot to the

table.

By Amaury Pi-González

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Giants return to Pac Bell

to open a seven-game

homestand against the

Expos and Mets.

Felipe’s ex team playing

with confidence while

Art Howe’s Mets team

playing …like last year !

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Marty’s evaluation of the A’s and Yankees, with his conclusion that the A’s are the better club right now and the likely winner if they meet in the postgame season gives rise to some thoughts respecting not only the A’s but
the Giants as well.

Since the start of the season I have been comparing the Giants with the Yankees, being provoked by the fact that each was running away with their division. The comparison was not an evaluation of the two teams on a man by man basis. It simply assumed that the Yankees were the best team in the American League, that the Giants continued to maintain virtually identical won-lost record as the Yankees, altho the Giants appeared to have significant weaknesses.

The point of the comparison was to question what the Giants had, in addition to the obvious, that enabled them to continue to win at the same rate as the Yankees.

Click Below for Ed’s analysis. Is a Bay Area World Series a possibility? Ed looks at that also.

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