Posted on February 25, 2026 by davidbloom
Early on in the baseball career of Barry Bonds, he was known as one of the Pittsburgh Pirates Killer B’s. With the numbers Bonds was putting up on scoreboards throughout Major League Baseball for the Pirates in the early 90’s , he won two National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, and was proving […]
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Posted on February 9, 2026 by davidbloom
With The Orioles bringing in quite a haul with the Erik Bedard trade, you have to think that they will continue to look to the future and unload Brian Roberts. The Cubs are a good trade partner, but like we have said before, You win with Mark DeRosa. The trade does make sense for the […]
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Posted on February 5, 2026 by davidbloom
It was last Tuesday that the Santana trade was consummated, today could be the day for the Erik Bedard trade gets done. Its about eight days until pitchers and catchers. Willy Aybar in Jail. He is up for the citizen of the year award.
Tape Measure Blasts:
Josh Hamilton Resurrection
Seaver Fever
Get A Baseball Job
Profiling Jamie Shields
RotoRob Cheat […]
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Posted on January 29, 2026 by davidbloom
I get what the Seattle Mariners are trying to do in the American League West. With the Oakland A’s and the Texas Rangers more than likely taking themselves out of contention with their rebuilding moves, there is no better time to strike a blockbuster deal that make them a serious player. Its been […]
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Posted on January 13, 2026 by davidbloom
It was last week that rumors were flying from the blogosphere that 2B Brian Roberts to the Cubs was a done deal. The young players the Cubs were rumored to give up in Cedeno, Gallagher, Marshall and Murton was quite steep. That deal would eliminate any added depth that the Cubs would need over the […]
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Posted on January 13, 2026 by davidbloom
I did not realize until I came across this that the Reds new ballpark was more of a hitters park then Coors Field. Wow. Lets see:
Jason Schmidt going from pitchers park to Dodger Stadium which surprisingly now is more of a hitter park.
Jason Marquis going from pitchers park to Wrigley Field which is […]
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Posted on January 1, 2026 by davidbloom
The date was Januray 2004. It was Chuck LaMar announcing they signed Aubrey Huff to the first contract of its kind where they locked up a player who came up through their system to a three year deal worth $14.5 million over three years. Now fast forward three years and with baseball’s escalating pay scale, […]
Filed under: American League, Astros, Free Agent Signing, Orioles, Rays | 2 Comments »
