Each year, baseball teaches us the same lesson: two weeks just don’t mean much.
Last night’s conflict between Gary Sheffield and a fan down the right-field line shouldn’t be lumped in with recent fan/player altercations.
Two pretty good left-handed hitters serve as the jumping-off points for today’s column.
Even with Eric Gagne on the DL, the Dodgers have an effective relief corps. The best part is, they’ve come really, really cheap.
Joe Sheehan examines the right and wrong players for long-term, arbitration-nixing contracts, via the New York Sun.
Is the A’s pitching staff better today than it was on December 1?
Mariano Rivera’s bumpy start to the season has the media in a frenzy. It’s time to calm down.
Two days into the season, there’s already a lot of hand-wringing going on. Maybe it’s a bit too soon for that.
All day long, Joe will be dropping in with notes on the day’s games and the season ahead.
A comparison of Joe’s team projections to the over/under wins totals available online yields some interesting ideas.
In the last of his six previews, Joe Sheehan sees a repeat for the Dodgers.
It’s a season of change in the NL Central, although the very top of the division will have two of the usual suspects duking it out.
The best race in baseball could have four teams above .500 fighting for the division crown.
The Angels and A’s went down to the wire in ’04, and it will be more of the same in 2005.
The Indians pushed the Twins into July last year. How much further can they go this time around?
Or “How To Move Out of 18th Place in an 18-Team League.”