St. Louis Cardinals Freese trying to forget about a drunken driving issue and just focus on baseball Chicago Cubs having difficulty moving Spring Training Tickets Milwaukee Brewers pushing for legislation to prohibit resale of tickets except in certain areas Cincinnati Reds snag Chapman a Cuban Defector who can pitch a 100 mph fastball Houston Astros Berkman suffers bruised left knee Pittsburgh Pirates Clement at first base
Feb 252010
St. Louis Cardinals Ryan Franklin, 36, considering retirement after his contract ends at the end of 2011 Chicago Cubs Starlin Castro is doing very well in camp. Piniella impressed Milwaukee Brewers Mark DiFelice out for the season, due to recovery of shoulder surgery, visits camp Cincinnati Reds Aaron Miles trying to forget his .185 season in ’09. Looks ahead to a new year Houston Astros Carlos Lee arrives at camp in good physical condition, expects a good 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Octavio Dotel suffering from a sore side, nothing pulled and should be OK
St. Louis Cardinals institute a program of improved nutrition for it’s players, candy bars not allowed Chicago Cubs Starlin, 19 yo shortstop doing well at Spring Training Camp Milwaukee Brewers Chris Capuano appears recovered and ready to pitch after Tommy John Surgery Cincinnati Reds Joey Votto treated for depression in 2009 after the death of his father appears ready to play Houston Astros Fernando Abad, a leftie minor league pitcher, looks at the possibility of moving to the majors Pittsburgh Pirates Joel Hanrahan has MRI completed on right elbow, results appear promising
Ed Wade the current GM of the Houston Astros has had his contract extended through 2012. According to the owner Drayton McLane “That shows the confidence that all of us in the organization have for his leadership, his integrity and the direction he’s taking the Houston Astros..” That being said, I’m sure there will be pressure on Mr. Wade to turn around his struggling team. Last year they finished at the bottom of their Division (with Pittsburgh beating them to last place). They created a .457 average and had a rough time on the road [click to contimue reading...]
Feb 192010
Aroldis Chapman defected from Cuba and is now playing for the Cincinnati Reds with a $30.25 million contract. According to Cincinnati catcher Ramon Hernandez he’s throwing in the mid to upper 90 mph range and also has a good changeup and slider. It’s expected that the 21 year old lefty will make the Red’s starting rotation.
Bud Selig is in opposition to a plan by the state of Arizona to add extra taxes in order to finance the $84 million needed to provide the Chicago Cubs with a new training facility. This facility will include new practice filed and stadium. They propose to pay for it through an increased rental car tax as well as increasing the ticket prices of All Spring Training tickets by 8%. As you can imagine the rental car companies oppose this as well as the other Baseball Clubs who do not want to see their ticket [click to contimue reading...]
Feb 182010
Mark McGwire made an interesting comment when discussing the steroid issue again with the press. Specifically he said, “If you want to rephrase it would be, I truly wish there was drug testing. If there was drug testing, I don’t think you’d be sitting here asking me these questions. There was no drug testing when I was playing. It was unfortunate, but Major League Baseball and the players association got together and got a very good drug policy.” That’s an interesting comment and I’m sure it’s true. But there will always be that lingering question. [click to contimue reading...]
