A-Rod’s Redemption
Has A-Rod successfully returned? Has A-Rod completely returned from the steroid stigma? February 22, 2010 – Michael Cahill I wonder if Alex Rodriguez was watching the Tiger Woods staged reading Friday Morning. It wasn’t too long ago (last year at this time in fact) that A-Rod was the hottest story. He was under the microscope after admitting to... [Read more]...
Pitching Greatness is No Longer Measured by Wins
November 25, 2009 – Dean Hybl Zach Greinke’s distinction of sharing the record for the fewest number of wins by a Cy Young winning pitcher (16) didn’t last long as the record is now solely in the hands of Tim Lincecum (15). In fact, it shows how times have changed to consider that the 31 total victories between the two 2009 Cy Young Award winners... [Read more]...
Rollie’s Follies: An Interview with the Hall of Fame Author
November 19, 2009 – David Allan **The Quotes as presented are direct from Rollie Fingers courtesy of an interview that he was kind enough to grant me in conjunction with his new book.** When people approach professional athletes, they are usually looking for a career retrospective or a biography. That is exactly what Yellowstone Ritter had in mind... [Read more]...
Book Review: A Glove of Their Own
November 7, 2009 – Peter Schiller If you think that youth baseball today has gotten too competitive and structured with All Star Leagues and travel teams, allow me to bring you back to a simpler time. Have any of you ever played just for the fun of the game in a non-league setting? Do you remember playing pick-up games with less than two full teams... [Read more]...
My 2009 AL MVP Ballot
October 26, 2009 – Peter Schiller Warning: most of this ballot is going to surprise you. How do I know, because it surprised me! You see, I didn’t just use my eyes or even the traditional method/statistics to make up this ballot. I used 11 statistical categories including defensive metrics & added some objective weight to some of them... [Read more]...
Akadema’s ProSoft 1B Mitt: AJJ 254
October 23, 2009 – Peter Schiller When my contact at Akadema asked me if I would do another review if sent another glove I jumped at the chance! This time I asked for a first baseman’s glove as I have always been fascinated with them for reasons unknown to even myself. Maybe it’s because when I was growing up, my dad played the position... [Read more]...
Beckett Baseball Presents Box Busters
October 20, 2009 – Peter Schiller Your two Box Busters hosts are Brian Fleischer, Sr. Market Analyst and Chris Olds, Editor. If you’re into collecting baseball cards, you might want to check this out. This episode is on the newly released (just this week on 10/19) 2009 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Cards. My name is Peter Schiller. I am the... [Read more]...
Akadema® Unveils The Patriot Series
September 11, 2009 – Peter Schiller On this Patriotic Day, 9-11 of 2009, announce that I am thrilled to endorse Akadema® Professional: A leading baseball and softball equipment based out of Hawthorne, NJ! They make the gloves that players such as the Phillies CF Shane Victorino, the Dodgers LF Manny Ramirez, and Team USA Softball P Monica Abbott... [Read more]...
Introducing The Funnel AFL 11 from Akadema
September 6, 2009 – Peter Schiller There are a few scents that I know of that really wake me up. One is the smell of freshly cut grass (especially that of Fenway Park as smelled from behind the Green Monster), freshly cut wood, the smell of a new leather baseball glove and a certain perfume that my wife wears which I won’t list here. Well,... [Read more]...
