First Saturday of the season provides good match ups.

Two things are very clear right now. Barry Bonds is on fire and has been for the last two seasons. The Mariners are a more complete team than the A’s due to injuries on the Athletics. [Read more →]

The A’s and Rangers series brought some things home to me about the strengths and weaknesses of these two teams.
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Two things are abundantly clear in the American league. The White Sox are in dire need of help with their bull pen and the A’s and Mariners are going to have a classic battle all season long for supremacy in the AL West. [Read more →]

I have the same feeling about Barry Bonds being a threat to hit the ball out of the ball park on every swing, that I did with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and legendary slugger Willie McCovey. [Read more →]

Opening Day had some great baseball moments.

Seatlle put on a furious 9th inning rally that had me on the edge of my seat. It seemed like it was an October game instead of the first game of the season.

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Throw out all the spring training records they don’t mean a thing. Bartolo Colon threw the first opening day shut out for a Cleveland pitcher since Sonny Siebert tossed one in 1968. The Angels lived in the rarified air of Arizona all March and joined in the Cactus League hit parade on a daily basis. Sunday night, all goose eggs for the halos vs. the rejuvenated Colon. [Read more →]

The season starts today and it couldn’t come at a better time. Leonard Koppett, Hall of Fame baseball writer told me that no matter how long spring training is, it is one week too long. So, it is time to play ball. [Read more →]

Let’s take a look at the NL West. This division can be counted on year in and year out for a good old fahioned pennant chase. [Read more →]

This was the windiest spring in Arizona in recent memory. Earned run averages were very high, fly balls turned into home runs almost every day. [Read more →]

A great baseball book has hit the market once again. “The Lords of Baseball”, written by Harold Parrott, has been republished through the efforts of his four sons. [Read more →]