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New York Yankees-Los Angeles Angels: 2009 ALCS Preview

The Yankees easily dispatched the Minnesota Twins last week, but they've got their work cut out for them in facing the Angels of Wherever in the American League Championship Series...

Written by Travis Nelson about about 1 month ago 27 reads 0 comments
Commentary on the Yankees-Twins 2009 ALDS Game One

The Twins won their division in dramatic fashion last night, as I had hoped they would, since the Yankees have owned the Minnesota Twins for the last several years...

Written by Travis Nelson about about 1 month ago 17 reads 0 comments
Marlins' Super Prospect Mike Stanton Not So Super

Hey, remember Mike Stanton?No, not that one. He's retired now.I mean Mike Stanton 2.0, or, wait, 3.0.Mike Stanton extreme...

Written by Travis Nelson about about 1 month ago 127 reads 1 comments
A Royals' Disaster: Don't Blame Kyle Farnsworth...Blame Trey Hillman

The Yankees won their 102nd game of the season last night and will easily have the best record in baseball this year, for whatever that's worth...

Written by Travis Nelson about about 1 month ago 83 reads 1 comments
Kansas City's Royal Spectacle

Rob Neyer (mercifully back from vacation this week) mentioned today how the Kansas City Royals are seeing a significant increase in attendance this year, this despite fielding perhaps the worst ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 3 months ago 76 reads 0 comments
Chad Gaudin? Seriously?

Golly, why didn't I think of that?The Yankees have struggled to find an effective fifth starter all year. The top four pitchers in the rotation have all been reasonably healthy and effective, compiling a solid 38-20 record and a 3...

Written by Travis Nelson about 3 months ago 80 reads 0 comments
Ichiro's Cooperstown Chances Still Unclear

Sean Smith at the Hardball Times has a lengthy article about Ichiro Suzuki's chances of being voted into Cooperstown and/or the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and he does some interesting analysis ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 3 months ago 440 reads 9 comments
Cleveland Indians Trade Ryan Garko To San Francisco Giants

Well, you can't say the Giants aren't trying.Yesterday, as reigning Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum made perhaps the best start of his young career, the Giants front office was completing ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 89 reads 0 comments
Free Phil Hughes!

I detailed a few weeks ago, when Chien Ming Wang went back on the DL, how I thought that Joe Girardi had dropped the ball with regard to managing his bullpen...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 166 reads 2 comments
Pittsburgh Pirates Re-Signing Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez? Not So Fast...

From the Iron City comes this bit of disturbing news: The Pittsburgh Pirates aim to keep shortstop Jack Wilson and second baseman Freddy Sanchez...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 28 reads 0 comments
Notes and Observations at the 2009 All-Star Break: National League

While the pause in official games for the mid-summer classic is not exactly the half-way point of the season (most teams have played 86-88 games) it's a convenient place to stop and take a look around, seeing what's happened up to now...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 6 reads 0 comments
Joe Girardi's Mismanagement of the Yankees Bullpen

Just when I thought I knew what was wrong with Chien-Ming Wang, suddenly it no longer matters. Whether the problem before was is slider failing to slide or his sinker failing to sink, the real ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 13 reads 0 comments
Marc Rzepczynski and the Spelling Bee All-Star Team

What's "Rzepczynski" spelled backwards, if it isn't already?The Blue Jays are starting a young lefty named Marc Rzepczynski today against the Tampa Bay Rays—one of many starters in the Jays' patchwork rotation this year...

Written by Travis Nelson about 4 months ago 189 reads 1 comments
Buster Olney's Questionable "Olnalysis" of Colorado Rockies' Huston Street

ESPN's Buster Olney writes, at the beginning of a 2,800-word "blog post", that Rockies closer Huston Street has experienced dramatic improvement due to the smallest of changes: .....

Written by Travis Nelson about 5 months ago 59 reads 4 comments
What's Wrong With Chien-Ming Wang?

On the heels of yet another loss to the hated Red Sox, and entering a crucial series with the hated Mets, the New York Yankees have some 'splainin to do...

Written by Travis Nelson about 5 months ago 146 reads 2 comments
New York Yankees Need To Step It Up Against Boston Red Sox

Well, it's been a whole month, so I guess we were due to resume the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. As you'll no doubt recall, when last we met our heroes—or, at least the last time the Red Sox ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 5 months ago 50 reads 0 comments
Even the Los Angeles Dodgers' Pitchers Can Improve

Rob Neyer commented yesterday on the Dodgers' pitching staff and their general manager's efforts to improve on the (apparently) un-improvable: The Dodgers could cruise to 90 wins and the division title without making a single move the rest of the season.

Written by Travis Nelson about 6 months ago 77 reads 1 comments
Projecting the Next 300-Game Winner(s)

In light of the Big Unit's chase for his 300th win, Joe Posnaski recently wrote a column for Sports Illustrated with Bill James and just blogged his own piece on the nature (and unpredictability of) 300-game winners...

Written by Travis Nelson about 6 months ago 344 reads 2 comments
Why the Yankees Dominated the Minnesota Twins

The Yankees completed a four game home sweep of the Minnesota Twins last night, stretching their current winning streak to six games, four of which were won by only one run. This improves the Yankees' overall record to 21-17, bringing the team within 4..

Written by Travis Nelson about 6 months ago 50 reads 0 comments
More Yankees Ticket Shenanigans

In these harsh economic times, I have to wonder why the Yankees think this view is worth $85 per ticket. They call it the "Batter's Eye View" because the seats are in the Bleachers Cafe, above the batter's eye (i...

Written by Travis Nelson about 6 months ago 320 reads 0 comments
Book Review: The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci

As the field manager of the New York Yankees from 1996 to 2007, Joe Torre epitomized class and dignity on the baseball field, so it's fitting that even his book's title and cover are classy...

Written by Travis Nelson about 6 months ago 40 reads 0 comments
Too Early To Send Joba Chamberlain Back to the Bullpen

The Good News: Phil Hughes pitched well last night against the Tigers. He used 99 pitches to shut them out for six innings, allowing only two hits and two walks while fanning six...

Written by Travis Nelson about 7 months ago 111 reads 4 comments
San Franciso Giants Pitchers Soon to Return to Walking Ways

MLB.com's Chris Haft writes that the San Francisco Giants are issuing fewer walks this year, and their pitchers are therefore having more success at preventing runs...

Written by Travis Nelson about 7 months ago 33 reads 0 comments
Analyzing the New Homer-Happy Ballpark

There is a new ballpark from which balls are flying out at a record pace. Home runs are jumping off the bats of both the home team and its opponents, much more so than in the team's road games, ...

Written by Travis Nelson about 7 months ago 154 reads 0 comments
Carl Pavano Makes History Again, Sort of

Carl Pavano made his (not) much anticipated return to a major league mound this afternoon, toeing the rubber for the Cleveland Indians against the Texas Rangers in Arlington...

Written by Travis Nelson about 7 months ago 121 reads 0 comments

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Travis Nelson Article Archive

New York Yankees-Los Angeles Angels: 2009 ALCS Preview

Commentary on the Yankees-Twins 2009 ALDS Game One

Marlins' Super Prospect Mike Stanton Not So Super

A Royals' Disaster: Don't Blame Kyle Farnsworth...Blame Trey Hillman

Kansas City's Royal Spectacle

Chad Gaudin? Seriously?

Ichiro's Cooperstown Chances Still Unclear

Cleveland Indians Trade Ryan Garko To San Francisco Giants

Free Phil Hughes!

Pittsburgh Pirates Re-Signing Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez? Not So Fast...

Notes and Observations at the 2009 All-Star Break: National League

Joe Girardi's Mismanagement of the Yankees Bullpen

Marc Rzepczynski and the Spelling Bee All-Star Team

Buster Olney's Questionable "Olnalysis" of Colorado Rockies' Huston Street

What's Wrong With Chien-Ming Wang?

New York Yankees Need To Step It Up Against Boston Red Sox

Even the Los Angeles Dodgers' Pitchers Can Improve

Projecting the Next 300-Game Winner(s)

Why the Yankees Dominated the Minnesota Twins

More Yankees Ticket Shenanigans

Book Review: The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci

Too Early To Send Joba Chamberlain Back to the Bullpen

San Franciso Giants Pitchers Soon to Return to Walking Ways

Analyzing the New Homer-Happy Ballpark

Carl Pavano Makes History Again, Sort of

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