The Top 5

NOTE: This is a guest post One of the most important relationships in Major League Baseball is the bond between a pitcher and a catcher. Pitchers rely heavily on their battery mates to know the tendencies of each hitter, what to throw in certain situations and to call a game that plays to the pitcher’s [...]

February 9, 2011 Sometimes you just don’t care who’s playing. You don’t care what the score is and you don’t care how many strikeouts the pitcher has. Instead, you care about the smell of the grass, the leg room in front of you, and the seventh inning stretch. You just want to sit in the [...]

February 2, 2011 If baseball were grade school, things would be a hell of a lot different. Fewer home runs, more complaining, and the addition of boxed lunches. Most importantly, there’d be a lot of teasing. So let’s pretend we’re little kids again with this week’s list: The Top 5: Worst Names in Baseball Michael [...]

January 19, 2011 Sometimes life just isn’t fair. You work twenty-some years to become a Major League Baseball player, only to be drafted by the Pirates. Even if you hit .400, nobody is going to learn your name. Well here’s your chance at recognition, because this week’s list is: The Top 5: Underrated Players in [...]

January 12, 2011 Everyone wanted in on this list and it’s no surprise. Playing catch with Dad, riding bikes all around town, and breaking neighborhood windows– the memories came flooding back. That’s because this week’s list is: The Top 5: Baseball Movies Jonathan Gardner 1. Bull Durham – Free of the hokey Americana of most [...]

January 5, 2011 Though teams and GMs are more willing to consider important statistics than they used to be, a number of teams continue to give regular playing time to some flat out awful players. It’s frustrating for fans when they know a player is going to hurt their team, yet they’re in the lineup [...]

December 29, 2010 2011 is just around the corner, so there’s no better time to make a resolution. Only, who wants to make resolutions for themselves? We don’t want to get into the habit of improving upon our own personalities, so we’re taking aim at one of our favorite people to criticize. That’s why this [...]

December 22, 2010 It’s Wednesday, and that means another top 5 list at The Dugout Doctors. We are well aware of the fact that the average MLB Player makes over $3.5 million a year and has everything they could ever need. But can you blame us for being in the spirit it of the holidays? [...]

December 15, 2010 – Evan Hill Here at The Dugout Doctors, we love lists. And why shouldn’t we? They’re fun, they’re easy, they give people something to argue about, and sometimes you do them unintentionally. And who better to put a top-five list up on the internet than knowledgeable people who like to laugh? That’s [...]