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I recently asked the Double G Sports Expert Panel to give me their MLB team rankings and with that I have come up with our power rankings. I realize its only two weeks into the season and you can't get a true evaluation of a team in that short period of time. We will bring you our power rankings once a month. Who is ...

There are so many transactions and trades that need to happen this season right now and before the July 31st Trade Deadline. Many of these trades and moves will all put the teams on top and become even better than they are and will cause them to pretty much guarantee to make the playoffs. Of course not all of these transactions will happen, and in fact most of them won't ...

Red Sox manager Terry Francona currently faces two questions that are in essence one and the same; how much longer can he, in good conscience, continue to write David Ortiz's name into the lineup each day, and how much longer can he not write Jeremy Hermida's name into that lineup?   Ortiz has 13 whiffs in 26 at-bats. He has three walks and just four hits (Dustin Pedroia had four in one game ...

The Colorado Rockies spent six weeks in Tucson stressing fundamentals. Through the first nine games of the season they look like they spent their time in Tucson at the golf course. The Rockies were shut out in the finale of their three-game series against the Mets at Coors Field on Thursday, 5-0. Jorge De La Rosa, who sparkled in the home opener six days ago, struggled to find the plate. ...

What is up with Jorge Cantu? He now has at least one hit and one RBI in each of the Florida Marlins' first nine games. That is a record. That's right, he is the first player to accomplish that in the history of Major League Baseball. Mike Piazza of the New York Mets has the longest streak of a hit and an RBI. On Jun. 14, 2000, Piazza went 2-for-5 with three RBI ...

This is the first installment of what I hope is going to be a weekly article updating fans on the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league teams and prospects. A new one should be available every Thursday.   Las Vegas 51's (AAA) —(6-1, First in PCL Pacific South Division) Like the Jays, the 51's have gotten off to a very fast start, going 6-1 due to some timely hitting and great pitching from both ...

Sunday, Monday, happy days, Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days, Thursday, Friday, happy days; everyday is a happy day when you're Alfonso Soriano and you're stealing money like he is. His nickname is "Fonzie" from the show "Happy Days," because he always has a huge smile plastered on his face. Wouldn't you if you had a $136 million contract? But unlike "Fonzie," who was a tough guy, the guy who plays for the Cubs is ...

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki entered 2010 as a trendy pick to win National League MVP honors.   Coming off a season in which the 25-year-old shortstop finished fifth in MVP balloting and led the Rockies to the playoffs for the second time in his three Major League seasons, it’s hard to blame fans and analysts for jumping on the bandwagon.   He’s a bulky, athletic infielder with a bullet of an arm, the ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have come out of the gate smoking baseballs all over the yard. And into the neighbor's yard too.  It's getting to the point that their start is drawing historic comparisons.   They've played seven games and scored 50 runs, an average of over seven runs a game.  Extrapolated out over the course of the season it puts these Phillies at 1,157 runs, far and away a Major League ...

I'd never smoked a cigarette or marijuana. I rarely even had a beer. It was 1973 and, for whatever reason, I wasn't one of those high school kids who chasing the next little buzz or that elusive high. Plus, baseball players caught smoking or drinking at our school got kicked off the team back then. No questions. No appeals. There wasn't a rule banning chewing tobacco. My mom made my rules, however, ...