August 11th, 2008
In case you haven’t noticed, the best pennant chase in Major League Baseball is not happening in the American League East. It’s actually happening in the AL Central, where the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are fighting for the top spot.
Coming into today’s games, the White Sox hold a slim one-half game lead […]
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August 5th, 2008
Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio served as the cornerstones of the Houston Astros for many years and hopefully will again reunite in Cooperstown.Photo: Newscom
This week at b5media we are talking about our favorites; our favorite teams and our favorite players. Lucky for me, my favorite team happens to carry the colors of this blog. […]
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August 4th, 2008
It wasn’t the greatest brawl and it didn’t even have enough punches to make it that entertaining, however, it was a brawl. The Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals mixed it up a little after Miguel Olivo was hit by a pitch. Olivo charges the mound but does not swing or […]
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July 31st, 2008
It’s a wonderful time of the year…for the teams still in the race. For other teams, it’s just another time to watch their young superstar or aging superstar of their favorite team get shipped out to a contender. This has the makings of being one of the biggest trading deadlines that I can […]
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June 30th, 2008
When Lou Piniella gets ejected, you know he’s going to get his money’s worth. In this clip below, Piniella is ejected for arguing after a check swing was called in favor of the Chicago White Sox.
You can see Piniella race out of the dugout and the first base umpire Chad Fairchild clearly telling him […]
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June 23rd, 2008
According to readers of Inside the Ballpark, a Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox World Series match up is not likely. A 13-day poll on this blog resulted in 81% of fans stating that it will not happen.
It’s probably a good thing that a Chi-town showdown doesn’t happen. Especially since the Cubs just […]
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June 19th, 2008
It’s time for another ‘Thursday 10′ post at Inside the Ballpark. Today’s list looks at the Top 10 Most Disappointing Major League Baseball Players of 2008. It was tough to narrow the field to just 10 players, however these players have had the most disappointing seasons to date. Maybe one or two […]
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June 10th, 2008
We are just over two months into the 2008 Major League Baseball season. And what a season it has been so far. Teams that were expected to compete for pennants are in or near their division cellars (Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees) and teams that were expected to be no better than .500 […]
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June 4th, 2008
Carlos Quentin is hoping to be selected to the 2008 All-Star game either as a write-in vote or a reserve after a local newspaper launched the ‘Q-Tips for Quentin’ campaign.Photo: Newscom
How many of you have Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin on your fantasy baseball team? Now, how many of you picked him in […]
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May 19th, 2008
Is there any sport that doesn’t require instant replay? It seems to me that just about every sport has gone forward with instant replay and it has helped in many situations. Major League Baseball will probably be the next sport to travel down that path after hearing about this next story.
During the fourth […]
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