April 16, 2012
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Posted by Mike Rosenbaum
You know you’re doing something right (or very wrong) when you make multiple appearances on GIF of the Moment. Can you imagine if the runner had tested Rick Ankiel? Dude might have been out by 15 feet.
April 9, 2012
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Posted by Justin Abramson
National League
West: Arizona
Central: St. Louis
East: Philadelphia
Wild Card: Washington
Wild Card: Miami
NLDS: Phillies def. Nationals in four; D-Backs def. Cardinals in five
NLCS: D-Backs def. Phillies in six
NLCS MVP: Justin Upton
NL Rookie of the Year (hitter): Devin Mesoraco
NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year (hitter): Yonder Alonso
NL Rookie of the Year (pitcher): Drew Pomeranz
NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year (pitcher): Trevor Bauer
NL Reliever of the Year: Brian Wilson
NL Dark Horse Reliever of the Year: Rex Brothers
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Buster Posey
NL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year: Adam Wainwright
NL Strikeout King: Clayton Kershaw
NL Dark Horse Strikeout King: Stephen Strasburg
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
NL Dark Horse Cy Young: Zack Greinke
NL Batting Champ: Joey Votto
NL Dark Horse Batting Champ: Carlos Gonzalez
NL HR Champ: Mike Stanton
NL Dark Horse HR Champ: Jay Bruce
NL MVP: Joey Votto
NL Dark Horse MVP: Troy Tulowitzki
American League
West: Los Angeles
Central: Detroit
East: Tampa Bay
Wild Card Winner: Texas
Wild Card Winner: New York
ALDS: Tigers over Rangers in four; Angels over Rays in five
ALCS: Tigers over Angels in seven
ALCS MVP: Brennan Boesch
AL ROY (hitter): Mike Trout
AL Dark Horse ROY (hitter): Jesus Montero
AL ROY (pitcher): Matt Moore
AL Dark Horse ROY (pitcher): Jarrod Parker
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Joe Mauer
AL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year: Joe Nathan
AL Reliever of the Year: Jose Valverde
AL Dark Horse Reliever of the Year: Joe Nathan
AL Strikeout King: Felix Hernandez
AL Dark Horse Strikeout King: Yu Darvish
AL Cy Young Winner: Felix Hernandez
AL Dark Horse Cy Young Winner: Max Scherzer
AL Batting Champ: Miguel Cabrera
AL Dark Horse Batting Champ: Dustin Pedroia
AL HR King: Jose Bautista
AL Dark Horse HR King: Adam Dunn
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
AL Dark Horse MVP: Jacoby Ellsbury
2012 World Series: Tigers over D-Backs in five
2012 WS MVP: Prince Fielder
April 9, 2012
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Posted by Ryan Harris
National League:
West: Diamondbacks
Central: Cardinals
East: Phillies
Wild Card: Marlins
Wild Card: Giants
NLDS: Phillies def. Marlins in 4; Cardinals def. Diamondbacks in 5
NLCS: Cardinals def. Phillies in 6
NLCS MVP: Lance Berkman
NL Rookie of the Year (hitter): Devin Mesoraco
NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year (hitter): Bryce Harper
NL Rookie of the Year (pitcher): Trevor Bauer
NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year (pitcher): Shelby Miller
NL Reliever of the Year: Jonathan Axford
NL Dark Horse Reliever of the Year: Jason Motte
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Hanley Ramirez
NL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year: Dan Uggla
NL Strikeout King: Clayton Kershaw
NL Dark Horse Strikeout King: Madison Bumgarner
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
NL Dark Horse Cy Young: Josh Johnson
NL Batting Champ: Carlos Gonzalez
NL Dark Horse Batting Champ: Starlin Castro
NL HR Champ: Giancarlo Stanton
NL Dark Horse HR Champ: No one is going to hit more HRs than Stanton
NL MVP: Justin Upton
NL Dark Horse MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
West: Angels
Central: Tigers
East: Rays
Wild Card Winner: Yankees
Wild Card Winner: Rangers
ALDS: Angels def. Yankees in 3; Tigers def. Rays in 4
ALCS: Tigers def. Angels in 7
ALCS MVP: Prince Fielder
AL ROY (hitter): Jesus Montero
AL Dark Horse ROY (hitter): Yoenis Cespedes
AL ROY (pitcher): Matt Moore
AL Dark Horse ROY (pitcher): Yu Darvish
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Ichiro Suzuki
AL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year: Vernon Wells/Adam Dunn
AL Strikeout King: Felix Hernandez
AL Dark Horse Strikeout King: Matt Moore
AL Cy Young Winner: Felix Hernandez
AL Dark Horse Cy Young Winner: Ubaldo Jiminez
AL Batting Champ: Adrian Gonzalez
AL Dark Horse Batting Champ: Eric Hosmer
AL HR King: Jose Bautista
AL Dark Horse HR King: Evan Longoria
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
AL Dark Horse MVP: Albert Pujols
2012 World Series: Tigers def. Cardinals in 6
2012 WS MVP: Justin Verlander
March 29, 2012
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Posted by Mike Rosenbaum
The Golden Sombrero presents MLB Look-alikes: Brandon Belt and Chris Kattan
March 28, 2012
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Posted by Griffin Phelps
When I first heard the news that MLB was sending two teams to Japan to kick-off the 2012 season I didn’t think much of it. Now that I am stuck in a classroom full of 6th graders taking state mandated tests, I have some time on my hands. Major League Baseball is a monster-sized, multi-national, money making operation. This is fine. As a matter of fact, this is great. I have no problems with this whatsoever. But hosting Opening Day in a different country…that’s some bull!
You can talk all you want about how Japan is a great consumer of all things MLB. You can praise them over and over for what they have done for the game. And don’t get me wrong; they have done positive things for the game of baseball. But they are still number 2 when it comes to fans. I know how much it sucks to be an Astros fan right now. Bud Selig publicly humiliated us. Try being an A’s fan today, though. They couldn’t even watch their team play on opening day. Seriously. Imagine how it must feel to know that you woke up to catch the 3 AM start time, only to see that the Oakland regional network was not carrying the game, the MLB channel would be playing it on tape delay 3 hours later, and then trying MLB.com to see that the game has been blacked out despite any amount of money you have already paid. This is where the beef lies with Opening Day held across the world.
Bud Selig and Major League Baseball will try to tell you different. They will try to explain to you that once every 4 years (Baseball has opened up the season in Japan in the years 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012.) baseball needs to make its way over to Japan to help expand the game. They will try to tell you that we still have Opening Night this season- April 4- and Opening Day- April 5. Malarky, I say. That rhetoric is purely diarrhea of the mouth.
If it is so damned important to make sure games get played in different countries, does it really have to be the first game of the season? Certainly not. Bud, you do know it is called America’s Pastime, right?
Give the people what they want. All we want here is this American sport of baseball to hold its Opening Day in America. This is hardly asking too much. Expansion of the game is great. I really do believe that, and so do most of you readers out there. Keeping American fans from not being able to go to the park to watch their team’s opening game is horse manure. Making it so that fans of a team playing their Opening Day game in a different country can’t watch said game is down right blasphemous. And hosting the very first baseball game of the season in a different country is just the worst idea ever. Figure it out, Bud Selig. You’re really starting to wear out the knees in those pants…if you know what I mean.
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