Feature: MLB Report
It is what it looks like. Baseball notes, news and recaps from the dog days of summer to the hustle and bustle of winter's hot stove.
Matthew T. "Matt" Sussman is Blogcritics.org's resident sports editor, an unabashed Diamondbacks fan and once hit .275 in Little League.
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MLB Week 6: Rowand's Nose, Godzilla's Down, Sutcliffe's Tipsy— How to blow a 7-0 first inning lead. How Albert Pujols is on pace to break records. And how pink bats rock.
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MLB Week 4: Bonds' 711th, A-Rod's Love Bat, Jeffrey Maier's Flick— In 1000 words or less, the previous week in baseball. Do you feel like Wang McClungin' tonight?
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MLB Week 3: Cub Luck, Colorado Beanball, Bonds "Homer"— The week in MLB, as seen through the eyes of blogs, always in 1000 words or less.
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MLB Week 2: Mets Roll, Chipper Hurt, Bonds' Slump— "In 1000 Words or Less," the week in baseball through the eyes of bloggers. Plus: the Nine Most Wanted.
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MLB Week 1 in 1000 Words or Less— Jim Thome wears white... Jose Guillen sees red... and Rivera and Wagner can't share sand.
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Detroit Shock City: Tigers Begin 5-0— Yes it's only been a week, and yes it's early. But if the playoffs began today, they'd have home field advantage.
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Tampa Bay D-Rays Rebuilding Under Union Contractors— Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought something had to already be built for it to be "re"-built.
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World Baseball Classic: Team USA Rolls Out 30-Man Roster
— The United States had the best problem in the world: Take 52 great players and create a roster out of the 30 best.
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Cleveland Got Enough of That Coco Crisp— The trades this offseason can only put Indians fans on pins and needles this winter.
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Bruce Sutter, Hold Still For Your Plaque Portrait— Cooperstown welcomes its fourth relief pitcher, and his name isn't Goose or Lee.
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Damon Now Lovingly Known in Boston as "F---in' Damon"— Former Red Sox centerfielder is about to finalize a 4-year, $52 million deal with the enemy Yankees.
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Time To Defend My Controversial Jason Grilli Stance— One teensy comment in the far reaches of the blogosphere prompts a Detroit Tiger's father to respond.
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MLB Warms December With Off-Season Chestnuts— Jays get $100 million in unproven arms, White Sox retain Konerko, Yankees get ... Kelly Stinnett?!?
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Red Sox Go Fishin' For Beckett, Lowell— The offeseason's first mega-deal clears space for the Marlins (for reasons unknown), adds strength, youth to Boston's struggling, aging rotation
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Alex Rodriguez Edgez Ortiz For American League'z MVP Honorz— David Ortiz "designated" with second place. Thick Wickman was 26th.
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In Over My Head With That Whole MLB Recap Stuff— Yeah, I admit it. I bit off more than I could chew.
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MLB '05 Recap: San Diego Padres— The little team that could, did. They won a division, albeit the "worst" one. Thank Jake Peavy.
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MLB '05 Recap: Chicago White Sox— It wasn't surprising. After all, you all knew these guys would tear through the season with little offense. You knew that back in March ... right?
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MLB '05 Recap: Detroit Tigers— From a homer, the team has promise. From an outsider, the season was a disappointment.
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MLB '05 Recap: Washington Nationals— 52 first-half wins. Don't ask them about the second half. But at least they have a good home.
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MLB '05 Recap: Tampa Bay Devil Rays— The team has plenty of excitement, talent and speed, but no pitching, no fanbase, and no manager.
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MLB '05 Recap: Colorado Rockies— Go figure — another bad year highlighted by Jekyll/Hyde hitting and nonexistent pitching.
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MLB '05 Recap: Milwaukee Brewers— El Caballo drove in the runs. Chris Capuano provided the wins. The rest of the young Crew gave Milwaukee a respectable season.
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Futon Report: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Kicks With Glee as ChiSox Win World Series— A clean sweep of the Astros breaks an 88-year drought. Chicago has been Dye-ing to see this in their lifetime.
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Futon Report: Blum's the Word as W-Sox Claim Game 3— White Sox win in the longest game in World Series history, could complete Astros sweep tonight
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Futon Report: Sox Dust Off Bullpen, Win First Two— Astros lose Clemens to injury ... Konerko, Podsednik hard to spell but harder to contain in Game 2
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Futon Report: A World Series Without a Powerhouse— The White Sox haven't been here since '59. The Astros have never been here. Someone's finally winning it all.
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Futon Report: Phooey, St. Louie Steals Game 5 From Astros— Pujols gives Houston a problem, one measly out from a World Series invitation. On with the NLCS!
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Futon Report: White Sox Whitewash Angels For AL Pennant— Chicago's Ozzieball puts South Siders in World Series ... Houston edges Cards despite LaRussa's tantrum
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Futon Report: White Sox 'Bullpen' Shutting Down Halos— In a 3-1 hole, the Angels must figure out Chicago's pitching tonight or else they'll view the World Series on FOX.
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Futon Report: Oswalt Not Astros' Lone Gunman in Game 2— Chris Burke is responsible for three runs ... Reggie Sanders falls down, I chuckle.
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Futon Report: K leads to W for White Sox— Chicago strikeout leads to their walk-off victory ... St. Louis' Sanders continues torrid playoff hitting
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Futon Report: White Sox suffer from Byrd flu in Game 1— Angels fly directly into 3-2 victory in ALCS opener ... Cards' Carpenter aims to sculpt win vs. Astros
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Futon Report: MS's DS picks were BS— P.S.: The CS starts tonight. The US should tune in to see who goes to the WS.
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Futon Report: Braves Pull Even, Cardinals Pull Away— Six seasons later, Smoltz wins in October ... Padres get probed by Agent Mulder
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Futon Report: Div. Series Roundup, October 4— San Diego loses their ace. White Sox pile on the runs. Yankees win on the bat of a rookie.
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Futon Report: Divisional Series Outlooks— The stage is set: Red Sox-White Sox. Yankees-Angels. Cardinals-Padres. Braves-Astros.
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Futon Report: AL Avoids 3-Way Tie, Tribe Avoids Winning
— Yankees claim the AL East division, while the Indians aren't helping their wild Card cause.
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Futon Report: One Weekend, One Division, Two Wild Cards, Five Teams— The flowchart for "what happens if this happens" looks like an intricate pile of blown chunks.
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Futon Report: Manager of the Year candidates— Part 1 of 4 of the 2005 Suss Choice Awards
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Futon Report: A sexy sextuplet of series— Some teams look to pull away in their division. Others are playing just to play in the postseason.
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Futon Report: Closer look at closers (AL)— Lookin' at bullpens of contending teams. Join me in laughing at the Red Sox (PART 2 of 2)
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Futon Report: Closer looks at closers (NL)— When you're in a close pennant race, will your bullpen be there to back you up?
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Futon Report: Little League WS could be sport in purest form
— The kids version of the game just may be the most heartfelt way to enjoy the sport in its purest form.
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Futon Report: Soriano could be wired to Minnesota— Ahh, the fine art of waiver deals. Plus, news on the Wild Card chases.
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Futon Report: In or Out, NL Edition— The divisions are set, the Wild Card is down to four teams. Four good teams.
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Futon Report: KC "Royales" with cheese choke in 9th— Overwhelming proof that a 7-2 lead in the 9th is safe if you have good fielders.
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Futon Report: Who's in, who's out of AL playoffs
— A month ago, 11 teams were in. Since then, it's a little clearer, but not by much.
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Futon Report: 102 reasons to love baseball— From the obvious memories to the hidden quirks. Just be glad I stopped at 102.
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Futon Report BULLETIN: Palmeiro suspended under MLB drug policy— Still unclear if he used steroids or something else. He will accept 10-game suspension.
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Futon Report: NL West is NL's Worst— None of the five teams have a winning record. 'Nuff said.
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Futon Report: If Four Divisions Ruled the World
— What baseball might look like with four 7-team divisions and no wild card.
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Futon Report: Palmeiro in the Hall?— A career of 3000 hits and 500 homers is usually a lock, but not to all sports writers.
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Futon Report: Midseason Recap
— Odds for playoff teams, regular season award predictions.
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Futon Report: All-Star Baseball Game Thoughts— Real-time comments that occured during the 76th annual Midsummer Classic, for your reading (dis?)pleasure.
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Futon Report: HR Derby competitors, predictions— Monday's longball contest goes international. Who will win it? I think I know.
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Futon Report: Phenom Greinke on pace for 20-loss season— The promising Royals pitcher, 1-11 at the halfway mark, didn't plan on this.
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Futon Report: All-Stars set, Jeter and Ensberg to watch on TV— Fan voting did better than most years.
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Futon Report: International HR Derby? ¡Impresionante!— MLB ditches the AL/NL Home Run Derby format in lieu of one player from each of 8 countries.
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Futon Report: All "Player To Be Named Later" Team— Usually PNLs are no-name prospects. Tell that to MLB players like David Ortiz and Jason Schmidt.
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Futon Report: Biggio's new record probably stings a bit— Getting hit 280 times by fastballs only landed Craig Biggio on the DL once.
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Futon Report: Third best bullpen, quietest .500 team— Bullpen, rotation and talent — what more does a team need?
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Futon Report: Can St. Louis not win the NL?
— Nobody's watching them tear up the competition, and that's fine by them.
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Futon Report: Wild ping, you make my heart sing— The wild Arizona State-Nebraska game Tuesday afternoon sparked personal intrigue toward college baseball.
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Futon Report: Why the Reds eat it hard— They're run scoring is great. Guess what's killing them. *UPDATED TUESDAY, 3:30 PM*
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Futon Report: Indians 13, D-Backs 6, and I was there— A wild ball game complete with free towel, lotto ticket and kid knocked down by some old guy.
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Futon Report: "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..."— Stuck in middle relief? Some teams, four in particular, might want to steal you away
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Futon Report: Surging Indians thank Wedge's Razor
— Now the team won four straight and the offense is as hot as it's been all year.
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Futon Report: How 'bout them Nationals?— They're not your daddy's Expos. And they won't play any home games in Puerto Rico. That'll help.
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Futon Report: Who's the best batting AL pitcher?— They wouldn't have to bat, but thanks to interleague play, AL pitchers get a swing at it.
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Futon Report: Leveling the DH voting field— In a one-horse race, should someone else be voted as AL's DH besides David Ortiz?
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Futon Report: MLB NL All-Star Watch, Part II— It's June, so let's see how baesball's "April tigers" materialized.
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Futon Report: Cubs not giving up after Prior's restraint— A line drive off Mark Prior's pitching elbow Friday was followed by good omens Saturday.
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Futon Report: Just another Yankees-Sox game
— New York. Red Sox. Boston leads. Yanks rally. I watch. Some care.
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Futon Report: MLB starting pitchers goin' down injured— Injury news involving starting pitchers Millwood, Bedard, Schilling and Halladay.
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Futon Report: Look at the pitcher's quality starts, not record— Wins and losses are nice, but they don't illustrate how effective a pitcher is on the mound.
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Futon Report: MLB's Interleague Play — Hot or Not?— Nine years in the making, has it lost the magic or is it still interesting?
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Futon Report: American League All-Star Watch, Pt. I— Preliminary rankings by position. They're just like the National League, just more DH-y.
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Futon Report: National League All-Star Watch, Pt. I
— Ranking the NL's best players, because I'm no good at baseball.
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Futon Report: Cubs back in DC, Colorado rocks AZ— Baseball scores important to you, but more importantly to me.
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Futon Report: Yankees 13, Mariners 9
— Ten runs in the first inning. The announcer making fun of fans. And I saw it from my living room.
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