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Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg has been superb in the first half and is sure to be selected to the National League All-Star team by the players or by manager Tony La Russa. However, the Nationals have said they have installed ...

Blog | June 19, 2012

Before every game of the World Series, I'd ask St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa whether this was it, whether he would retire if the Cardinals won the World Series. And every time, so as not to jinx himself, he'd say to me "I'll tell you tomo...

Blog | October 31, 2011

Call the St. Louis Cardinals opportunistic. They saw their chance to pounce on a limping Atlanta Braves squad and earned the NL wild-card berth. They saw a Phillies lineup vulnerable to lefties and exploited it to their advantage. Against the Milwauk...

Blog | October 26, 2011

Texas Rangers Game 5 starter C.J. Wilson has cemented his place in baseball history. After losing Game 1 of the World Series, Wilson became the first pitcher to lose the All-Star Game as well as a game in each division series, league championship ser...

Blog | October 24, 2011

In the not-to-distant future, Albert Pujols will become the highest-paid baseball player in the major leagues. Last night, in Game 3 of the World Series, Pujols reminded the entire baseball world that he is the most destructive offensive force in the...

Blog | October 23, 2011

Though St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has never unequivocally stated that young Jason Motte is his closer, the hard-throwing Motte certainly has taken it upon himself to act like one. Until he stumbled in the ninth inning of Thursday's Gam...

Blog | October 22, 2011

Ask any scout or player and they'll tell you that if you want to learn to hit a breaking ball, you go to the Mexican League. If you want to learn to throw a breaking ball, you go to Japan. And that's exactly what Texas Rangers Game 2 starter Colby...

Blog | October 20, 2011

After leading the Atlanta Braves to 14 straight National League East Division titles, there is little debate that John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox formed one of the best, if not the best, general manager/manager teams in the last 30 years. The duo worke...

Blog | September 24, 2011