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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE “FIELD OF DREAMS”
It was 1992 when my wife, Peggi, my daughter Matiana, and I decided on a trip back east from CA that upon the request of Matiana we would stop in Dyersville and I would have a catch with her. She loved to have a catch with me. When we got to ...
read morePitch Counts Like Leo Mazzone, I’ve got Eyes and I Have Seen Enough
I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was playing right field the day after I had pitched a complete game win for the DeVilbiss Tigers High School baseball team in Toledo, Ohio. I can still feel my arm aching and I was hoping no ball would be hit ...
read moreMike Scioscia: Managing For a Winning Formula
A year ago, the Anaheim Angels were playing great baseball, and their style of play took them to the World Series championship. Manager Mike Scioscia deserves much of the credit for the excitement the team brought to the Anaheim area. This year Mike isn't getting as much attention as last because ...
read moreMaddux’s 16 Will Be a Sweet Feat
Greg Maddux is one win away from becoming the first pitcher ever to win 15 or more games in each of 16 consecutive seasons. He and Cy Young are currently the only pitchers to have won 15 or more games in each of 15 consecutive seasons. Maddux won his 14th ...
read moreTop Closers Make The Difference
It is no coincidence that currently six of the seven top saves leaders are on teams that are in first place. The seventh, Eric Gagne, just saved his 51st game out of 51 save opportunities to move the Dodgers to just 2 1/2 games back in the National League Wild ...
read moreTerry Ryan Shows How Good Management Makes a Winner
It's time to do away with the notion that teams need to have a lot of money to produce a winner in Major League Baseball. Last year, the American League West teams finished in inverse proportion of their payrolls, and the Anaheim Angels, after finishing second in the AL West, ...
read moreMota Always Helping Needy
It was great to get to see Manny Mota this year when the Dodgers came to Detroit to play the Tigers. I hadn't seen Manny for years and I was dying to ask him a question. We played together on the Dodgers in 1973, 1974,and 1975. Manny was already an ...
read moreSchilling Takes Note
Arizona's Curt Schilling has won 45 games in the last two years. He and teammate Randy Johnson are the only pitchers since Jim Palmer, in 1975-76, to win that many games over a two-year span. Curt was also named The Sporting News NL Pitcher of the Year the last two ...
read moreBeane Right On The “Money”
For weeks, everywhere I went, people were asking me if I had read the book "Moneyball" written by Michael Lewis. I finally purchased it and devoured it. This book goes a long way to explain how the Oakland A's, on such a low budget, have been able to compete and ...
read moreBonderman and Cluck: The Student and The Professor
Note: 2007 (Cluck has retired and Bonderman is an All Star pitcher still with the Detroit Tigers.) I was happy to see the College World Series finals pit two teams with good academic reputations. As usual, it was good baseball played with youthful exuberance. Watching all that excitement made me stop ...
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