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By Chris Pierangeli on November 25, 2011
The Philadelphia Phillies are spending like the New York Yankees. For years, the Yankees have spent more money than essentially every team in baseball. The philosophy has been to spend as much money as needed in order to field the best team. If there was a big-name free agent, the Yankees were going to sign [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Brad Lidge, C.C. Sabathia, Carlos Ruiz, Chase Utley, Chicago Cubs, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Derek Jeter, Hunter Pence, Jayson Werth, Jimmy Rollins, Jonathan Papelbon, Jr., Michael Bourn, National League, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, Ruben Amaro, Ryan Howard, Ty Wigginton |
By Chris Pierangeli on October 18, 2011
The 2011 World Series is set to begin Wednesday night with the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers facing off against one another. The two teams have the potential to put up the most runs in a World Series match-up in a long time. Unlike last season, when the discussion of the MLB playoffs was [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged Adrian Beltre, Albert Pujols, ALCS, Arthur Rhodes, C.J. Wilson, Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte, Josh Hamilton, Lance Berkman, Marc Rzepcynski, Matt Holliday, Michael Young, Mike Adams, Mike Napoli, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB Playoffs, National League, Neftali Feliz, Nelson Cruz, New York Yankees, NLCS, Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Furcal, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, World Series |
By Bob Long on October 3, 2011
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we focused exclusively on the MLB Playoffs. We began with a discussion of the Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals series, including a great debate about Cliff Lee’s shaky Game 2 performance and what that means for his postseason reputation (Start-24:55). Then we hit the Milwaukee Brewers [...]
Posted in Podcast | Tagged Arizona Diamondbacks, CC Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Chris Wheeler, CJ Wilson, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Detroit Tigers, Doug Fister, Francisco Rodriguez, Hunter Pence, Ian Kennedy, Jaime Garcia, Jimmy Rollins, John Axford, Justin Verlander, LaTroy Hawkins, Mark Concannon, Matt Moore, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Nyjer Morgan, Philadelphia Phillies, Prince Fielder, Rick Porcello, Rickie Weeks, Roy Halladay, Ryan Braun, St. Louis Cardinals, Takashi Saito, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Yovani Gallardo, Zack Greinke |
By Bob Long on September 29, 2011
If you blinked on Wednesday night, you missed the most memorable night of regular season baseball in MLB history. Four teams were fighting for two Wild Card spots, and two of these teams made heroic comebacks just to give themselves the opportunity. The other two collapsed in September to put the pressure on themselves on [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged Adam Jones, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Craig Kimbrel, Dan Johnson, Evan Longoria, Freddie Freeman, Hunter Pence, JJ Hardy, Matt Wieters, New York Yankees, Nolan Reimold, Robert Andino, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays |
By Brian Meisner on September 27, 2011
Boston Nation finds itself not only in a state of panic, but the fans also find themselves cheering for the New York Yankees. If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, you’re right: something is wrong in Boston. The Red Sox have compiled the most losses in the month of September in its franchise’s history. They have [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged AL Wild Card, Boston Red Sox, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays |
By Stephen DiDamo on August 8, 2011
While the old adage is you can never have too much starting pitching, telling that to New York Yankee skipper Joe Girardi would elicit a puzzled look similar to that of a sculptor being told to make a statue without using all of his best tools. Girardi tip-toed around the all important question of what [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged A.J. Burnett, Bartolo Colon, CC Sabathia, Cy Young Award, Freddy Garcia, Ivan Nova, Joe Girardi, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Starting Pitching |
By Bob Long on July 18, 2011
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we discussed the Women’s World Cup Final, and asked questions like, “What does this mean for soccer, did the US lose or Japan win, and what the tv ratings and twitter numbers meant.” (Start-31:25). We then wrapped up The Open Championship, with a discussion of Darren Clarke, [...]
Posted in Podcast | Tagged Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Carlos Beltran, Darren Clarke, Dominic Brown, Felix Hernandez, Hope Solo, Japan Women's Soccer, John Mayberry Jr., Jose Reyes, Madison Bumgarner, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB Trade Deadline, New York Yankees, NFL Lockout, Phil Mickelson, Philadelphia Phillies, Rory McIlroy, San Francisco Giants, The Open Championship, Tiger Woods, United States Women's Soccer |
By Stephen DiDamo on July 3, 2011
As the MLB trade deadline rapidly approaches and as fan anticipation and chatter reaches the level of a stock market floor, I decided to break a few things down to calm the nerves of the baseball faithful. I have chosen the top two teams that need to make a trade, two teams that need to [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged Carlos Beltran, Chris Perez, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Edinson Volquez, fans, Felix Hernandez, Jay Bruce, joaquin benoit, Jose Reyes, magglio ordonez, MLB, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pitchers, Trade deadline |
By Chris Pierangeli on May 18, 2011
As teams across MLB near the end of the first quarter of the season, we begin to take a serious look at the standings in each division. Now we can see which teams may have a legitimate shot at a playoff spot at the end of the year. While it is acceptable to speculate about [...]
Posted in Major League Baseball | Tagged Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Asdrubal Cabrera, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Chipper Jones, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colby Rasmus, David Price, Derek Lowe, Florida Marlins, Gaby Sanchez, Hanley Ramirez, Jaime Garcia, Jair Jurrjens, James Shields, Jeremy Hellickson, Josh Johnson, Josh Tomlin, Justin Masterson, Kyle Farnsworth, Lance Berkman, Leo Nunez, Matt Holliday, Matt Joyce, Mike Stanton, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Soriano, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Hudson, Tony La Russa, Travis Hafner |
By Bob Long on May 16, 2011
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we talked about how the most recent decision to put a permanent stay on the NFL Lockout will affect the labor dispute (Start-6:10). Then we talked about the NBA Playoffs, including the Conference Finals, Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James, and the place of Dirk Nowitzki among the [...]
Posted in Podcast | Tagged Antti Niemi, Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, Brian Cashman, Derek Jeter, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwayne Roloson, Dwayne Wade, Jeff Saturday, Jerry West, Jim Irsay, Jorge Posada, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, New York Yankees, NFL Lockout, Roberto Luongo, San Jose Sharks, Scottie Pippen, Sean Bergenheim, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tiger Woods, Tim Thomas, Vancouver Canucks, Vincent Lecavalier |
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