Normally, I’m more than happy to watch the St. Louis Cardinals lose their way into baseball oblivion.  It wouldn’t bother me in the least to see the Red Birds go on a 20+ loss bender.  Their fans can be just that insufferable.  But the truth is these guys are still too talented to lose for [...]

Fans of the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians aren’t just doing double-takes, their cautiously cheering at every at-bat, every pitch, every game.  That’s because these usual league doormats are currently tied for first place in the American League Central.  Is it early in the season?  Absolutely.  But at least fans of these two [...]

It’s been a loonngg off season, hasn’t it?  You’ve been itching to pull out ye olde computer and pour over OBPs of left-handed batters with pitchers in scoring position and the number of RBI(s) Albert Pujols had on any day game where Ketchup won the condiment race on the Jumbotron.  So here are the guys [...]

Spring training is here, baby!  And we’re loading up on news and rumors from around the majors.
The Los Angeles Angels went 80-82 last season and missed the playoffs for the second time in seven seasons.  Not bad.  But how are going to put together a winning season this time around.  Doug Mead asks 10 Questions [...]

Who, you might ask, is Billy Butler?  Well, he’s a baseball player…a baseball player currently playing for the most inept major league franchise over the past two decades, the Kansas City Royals.  According to the Kansas City Star:
Butler and the Royals had agreed in principle Saturday morning to a four-year contract extension through the [...]

The Kansas City Royals have traded away their best pitcher over the past two seasons, Zack Greinke, to the Milwaukee Brewers.  According to Sports Radio 810 WHB in Kansas City:
Kansas City sent the 2009 Cy Young Award winner, who had been a Royal for the entirety of his professional career, to Milwaukee as part [...]