April 25, 2008

Game 23

Friday April 25th – Nationals Park

Nationals 5 – Cubs 3

Record (15-8) – 1st place in the NL Central

Record with A. Soriano on the 15-day DL (7-3)

The skinny: It’s too bad Reed Johnson’s incredible sixth inning catch won’t be remembered as part of a win. And worse, it’s a late inning loss against a sub-par Washington [...]

April 25, 2008

Wayne’s (Sad) World

The firing of Reds’ GM Wayne Krivsky highlights one of baseball’s biggest issues - performance-enhancing drugs aside - when it comes to the sport’s unfair competitive balance.
Basically, some large-market teams are financially fortunate enough to bandage its player management mistakes, whereas teams like the lil’ ol’ Reds are stuck with the mistake that is Mike [...]

April 25, 2008

The Cubs Go To Washington

The Cubs’ three-game weekend series in Washington’s new ballpark reminds me how sorry I feel for Nationals fans.
It’s already clear Nats’ G.M. Jim Bowden is cutting from the same mold he used while in Cincinnati. And, we all know how well that turned out in the Queen City.
In fact, turning Cinergy Field into a [...]