1. Gender Bending at the Olympics

    In a day and age when athletes from all over the sports world will do anything they can and need to do to get a leg up on the competition, steriods and other performance enhancing drugs can run rampid...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 152 reads 1 comments

  2. Homer Happy Josh Hamilton

    It is as if a half season putting up monster stats wasn't enough for Texas Ranger outfield Josh Hamilton. Hamilton, who closed out the first half of the season with a ...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 288 reads 1 comments

  3. Baseball: Minor Leaguer Traded for 10 Bats

    There is no denying that baseball is indeed a strange and bizarre sport. Over the years, there have been some pretty bad trades and free agent signings...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 235 reads 0 comments

  4. Watch out Teddy Ball Game, here comes Chipper

    It has been nearly 70 years since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Hundreds of Hall of Fame players have come and gone since then; many of them baseball icons, but none of them have ...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 287 reads 0 comments

  5. No Vacancy on Colorado Rockies' DL as Three More Go Down

    There must be something in that Rocky Mountain air. This weekend, on May 25, The Colorado Rockies placed All-Star left fielder Matt Holliday on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 499 reads 0 comments

  6. The Baby Faces of Baseball: the youth movement is here to stay

    As the baseball season approaches the two month mark, it seems as though a new age is before us. Sorry Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Julio Franco, the youth movement in baseball ...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about over 3 years ago 307 reads 0 comments

  7. Tampa Bay baseball: A Decade of Defeat

    As the Tampa Bay Rays enter their second decade of baseball the first with the new nickname, I thought it might be fun to look at the best players at each position over the last 10 years...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 794 reads 0 comments

  8. Arizona Diamondbacks: All-Decade Roster

    This season marks the beginning of the second decade of baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team, which joined the Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco ...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 1,544 reads 0 comments

  9. Big League Crystal

    It is a sunny Thursday afternoon in Tampa, Legends Field is packed with Yankee fans, the popcorn popping and Coke flowing. Pittsburgh Pirates' starting pitcher Paul Maholm had just finished his first inning warmup tosses...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 765 reads 0 comments

  10. Batter Up: Pitchers Who Carry a Big Stick

    In the days of the designated hitter and overused bullpens, only a small number of the pitchers in the big leagues regularly step up to the plate to take their hacks. Many of these players, while excellent athletes, end up making fools out of themselves..

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 570 reads 2 comments

  11. Red Sox Nation Flap: Hank Steinbrenner Talks the Talk

    Without even a pitch being thrown yet this season, the Red Sox and Yankees rivalry has already started, and this one has nothing to do with batting stats, or pitching performances...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 530 reads 0 comments

  12. Wrigley Field: What's in a Name?

    Talk about mixed reactions for Cub faithfuls...Just two weeks after Chicago pitcher Ryan Dempster predicted an end to the Cubs' 100-year World Championship drought, Sam Zell, chief ...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about almost 4 years ago 595 reads 2 comments

  13. Baseball: A game of uncertainties? You bet!

    Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson learned this lesson the hard way: baseball is not a betting man's game...

    Mike Kelley Written by Mike Kelley about 5 years ago 252 reads 0 comments