Welcome to Tuesdays with Smitty - the late edition. Recently Casey posted an article talking about Greg Maddux and his pursuit of 350 wins. Recent research led me to appreciate just how significant getting to the 350 win marker really is. Outside of Roger Clemens, whose accomplishments have dimmed given recent events - the last pitcher to reach the 350+ plateau was Warren Spahn … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Baseball Hall of Fame and other Rumblings
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Break up the O’s!
Random baseball thoughts: I know we're just a week into it and the Orioles haven't exactly played a Murderer's Row schedule just yet, but they're 6-1!!! Insert blind squirrel comment here _____________________________________________. Meanwhile, the Tigers are now 0-7 with a couple more to play at Fenway. Chain smoker Jimmy Leyland is now up to 6 packs a day. This could be … [Read more...] about Break up the O’s!
Tuesdays with Smitty: Navigating through the National League
As I have sat here and sifted through the National League one word seems to stand out – parity. Try to pick a possible NL Champ and contenders, is like a pot luck dinner party - Who knows who is bringing what to the party. The National League really has a bunch of teams that can win it all. Like we saw with the Colorado Rockies, it may come down to who gets hot at the end of … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Navigating through the National League
Tuesdays with Smitty: Forecasting the American League
When Casey approached me about doing Tuesdays with Smitty, I jumped at the idea.. Great, my own weekly pseudo-column. Then I said, "Great, what the hell am I going to write about this week? ". Well out of the Land of the Rising Sun arose my column. Almost as ritualistic as Groundhog Day, the end of the winter's blues comes with the famous words, "Play Ball". And with the … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Forecasting the American League
Super Upset
All hail the New York Giants!!! Wow ... what a terrific Super Bowl performance by the G-men. They did it by putting great pressure on Tom Brady, by moving the ball on offense in disciplined fashion with a good mix of run/pass to keep Brady off the field, and of course they cemented it with probably the most suprising thing of all ... an Eli Manning-led, clutch TD drive when … [Read more...] about Super Upset