Time To Capitalize On The Wal-Mart Model
I hate Wal-Mart just as much as the next guy. They put mom-and-pop shops out of business. They underpay their workers. They force companies to relocate their home offices to The Middle Of Nowhere,...
View ArticleA Week of Mixed Results
The Royals were involved in four close games this week (won by two runs or less) and were able to come out on top in two of them. What this translates to me is that the pitching, which was heavily in...
View ArticleFinding The Path Again
For the first two and a half weeks of the season, the Royals seemed to have found the path towards becoming a successful ball club in the 2011 season. However, in the last week though, they seemed to...
View ArticleRoyals Starters Biggest Barrier To Contention
The Royals surprising start thus far has been built on middle of the order production, defense and shutdown performances from a very young bullpen. As expected, the weak link has been the starting...
View ArticleGetting Ready To Turn the Corner
All-star voting is in full swing and at this point, it looks like a few Royals players are putting together, some would argue, all-star caliber baseball during the first two and a half months of this...
View ArticleThe Cardinals (And Pujols) Are Lucky The Injury Happened When It Did
There are plenty of things running through my head about the injury to Albert Pujols, so let’s get right to it. The timing of the injury literally could not have been better, and here’s why: Let’s say...
View ArticleInteractive Article: Choose Your Own Cliche
Game. Five. While saying, reading, or hearing it doesn’t quite carry the same weight as “Game 7”, there’s no difference to the players, managers, coaches, and fans–it’s an elimination game. The bad...
View ArticleBad news: Salvador Perez injures his knee during spring training, requiring...
This week I was going to write about the four lefty relievers who are vying for the two left-handed reliever spots in the Kansas City Royals bullpen, but catcher Salvador Perez had to go and injure...
View ArticleBattling adversity again
The St. Louis Cardinals received good…bad…news regarding the status of Chris Carpenter today. The staff ace is experiencing nerve irritation affecting his neck and throwing arm that has shut him down...
View ArticleChris Carpenter’s injury is more of the same for St. Louis Cardinals
After nearly a full month of handwringing about starting pitcher Chris Carpenter’s health, the St. Louis Cardinals received the bad news this week that Carpenter will start the season on the disabled...
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