Neither Chicago team won the Aroldis Chapman sweepstakes, but unfortunately for him, Cincinnati did.  And you know what that means, don’t you?  Dusty Baker + Young Talented Arms = Trouble.  That formula has been proven again and again.  Thankfully we have The Onion to make up a hilarious fake story that rings a little too [...]

You have to give credit to Major League Baseball for holding onto and honoring its history more than any other professional sports league. With the NFL continuing to sweep the health problems of its former players under the rug, the NBA forcing its former stars to judge Dunk Contests or actually participate in that crazy [...]

AL CENTRAL – Looks like it will be a three team race. Haven’t I already seen this before?

Detroit (45-38) beat KC 8-5 at home. Sure, Verlander struck out 11, but he threw 114 pitches in 6 innings giving up 5 runs (admittedly only 3 earned). Only thing that impressed me was Placido Polanco. The best [...]

Somebody had a bad case of the Mondays … pssstt … it was the Reds.
AL CENTRAL – All those people who jumped on the Tigers’ bandwagon slowed them down.
Detroit (44-38) blew it at home in the ninth, losing 3-4 to KC. SI ranks ‘em 4th, Sports Guy and Keith Law basically give them the division. [...]