In this first of a two-part Pickin' Splinters series previewing the 2009 Major League Baseball season, Chas will be discussing each of the 16 teams in the National League. Tomorrow, Smitty will be providing some analysis of the American League. … [Read more...] about Pickin’ Splinters MLB Preview 2009: The Senior Circuit
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Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series in which I'm naming my all-lifetime team, that is the greatest players who've played a minimum of ten seasons between 1974 and the present. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 2
Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1
With just a week to go until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, and discussions of the economic state of Major League Baseball and its impact on the free agent market growing rather old, it's time to turn our hot stove focus away from the present and do a little reminiscing. To that end, I thought it would be interesting to name my all-lifetime team. That is, the … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1
Cooking with Chas: On the Unemployment Line
Lacking the time to write a proper Cooking with Chas this week, I thought I'd take a slightly different approach. This will be sort of an Open Thread Thursday style post, I suppose, except I do have something specific to introduce as a conversation point. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: On the Unemployment Line
Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 1)
With the latest Hall of Fame vote coming up on Monday, I thought that this week it would be appropriate to take a look at this year's class. I'm going to discuss not only who I think deserves induction and why, but also try to predict who I believe will get in. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 1)