October 28th, 2010 by Lukas B
Before reality struck the two World Series contenders, the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants, baseball betting odds were set at 15/1 for the two teams to meet for a championship.
The Rangers opened the series slightly behind, the favored Giants. This will be the Rangers first trip the MLB Championship in club history; meanwhile, the last time the Giants made it this far in the post season was back in 2002 when they lost the series in seven games to the Los Angeles Angels.
Lee’s spectacular postseason was not on display during the first game of the series. His three wins in three starts and the ridiculous ERA of 0.75 did not make it to the ballpark. Meanwhile Lincecum has not been as good as Lee, but is still more than capable of shutting a team down. He is 2-1 in his three starts with an ERA of 1.93. Read More »
August 19th, 2010 by Lukas B
Last year the Texas Rangers saw their recent multi-million dollar acquisition, Josh Hamilton, sit on the bench with an abdominal tear. This injury left Hamilton anxious to prove himself in 2010. Today Hamilton is leading both the American and the National League with an astounding .359 batting average.
Josh Hamilton’s skill is largely unmatched in MLB today and his drive to succeed is also unparalleled. So far, Hamilton has carried his club to win more games than any other team in all of baseball. And to think that just last year pundits were dogging him and questioning his ability to reel back from his injury…
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August 12th, 2010 by Lukas B
The New York Yankees are the most successful sports franchise to date. They have produced some of baseball’s most revered players and have had a virtual monopoly over hall of fame players since their inception. Well, get ready to add another all time great player to that list, Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez became the seventh slugger to reach 600 home runs and now he is only 10 homers away from catching Sammy Sossa’s mark for sixth place on the all time home run list. At 35, A-Rod is the youngest player to hit 600 home runs, comparable to only Babe Ruth, who reached his 600 at 36.
There is a dash of controversy however surrounding the New York native. Rodriguez admitted to using steroids while playing with theTexas Rangers (2001-2003), during which time he crushed 156 home runs. Read More »
July 28th, 2010 by Lukas B
George Steinbrenner will be more than missed; he will be honored as one of baseball’s lead icons of all time. His heart attack on July 13th at age 80 shocked the sports world and had players and celebrities mourning his character. ”The Boss,” as his nick name suggests, branded him as the relentless, uncompromising Yankee owner for over 37 years.
Steinbrenner’s Machiavellian rule persuaded his players to conform to his way or else… In one of the more famous Steinbrenner episodes, the Yankee owner decreed that his player’s hair could not be longer than the collar of the Yankees uniform. First baseman Don Mattingly was ordered to get rid of his mullet-like hair and when Mattingly refused, he was benched. This came to mark the beginning of a new hands-on approach to sport ownership. Read More »
