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2009 AL Central Preview
Would anyone be surprised if all the teams in this division that don’t play home games in Kansas City reversed their final position in the standings from last year, putting Detroit on top, followed by Cleveland, Minnesota and Chicago? Neither would I.
This division is wide open every year, with four potential division winners. [...]
2009 AL East Preview
There’s a very good chance that the best team in baseball is in the American League East. It’s just a question of which team? The Tampa Bay Rays won the American League in 2008, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series the year before that, and the New York Yankees, well, they’re [...]
QuesTec Out, Zone Evaluation In
Major League Baseball continues its never ending quest to standardize the strike zone with yet another camera system to grade umpires.
This time it’s called Zone Evaluation, and it is the replacement system for QuesTec. QuesTec was the system in place since 2001 that received much scrutiny, in part because the cameras were not installed [...]
2009 NL West Preview
The National League West has been the worst in baseball in two of the last four seasons, including 2008, based on the record of the division winner. Last year, the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres were the two lowest scoring teams in all of baseball. Perhaps it is that the [...]
2009 NL Central Preview
By many accounts, the NL Central appears to be headed for being the least competitive division in all of baseball in 2009. On paper, this division belongs to the Cubs. But that’s why they play the games.
The Cardinals and Brewers figure to have something to say in the matter. Sure, the Brewers [...]
2009 Major League Baseball Preview
2009 Major League Baseball Preview
Baseball season officially kicks off on Sunday night. Until then, we’ll be previewing the entire league, division by division, complete with sure-to-be-wrong predictions.
Baseball’s Parity Myth and the Need For a Salary Cap
NL East Preview
NL Central Preview
NL West Preview
AL East Preview
AL Central Preview
AL West Preview
Playoff Predictions
Superlatives and League Leaders
2009 NL East Preview
As part of the lukekohler.com Major League Baseball predictions and previews series, here is part one of the 2009 MLB preview.
The NL East has come down to the last week of the season in consecutive years, with both years following the same formula. The Mets put themselves in a position to win the division, [...]
Boras May Seek Daisuke Money for Strasburg
Stephen Strasburg may be the hottest baseball prospect to hit the draft in a long time — possibly ever. Now add Scott Boras to the equation and Strasburg is likely to be the richest prospect to ever hit the draft.
The amazing San Diego State right-hander is putting up ridiculous numbers in college this year [...]
Schilling Retires; Next Stop: Cooperstown
Curt Schilling quietly retired from baseball via blog, ending an up and down career that saw him go from Philadelphia to Phoenix to Boston, reaching hero status in at least the last two cities.
Co-MVP in 2001 with Randy Johnson in one of the greatest World Series’ ever played.
Bloody sock.
Those are the only two things you [...]
That A-Rod Sure Has a Type
Muscle bound? check.
Blonde? Check.
Face like a dude? Check.
Say what you want about Alex Rodriguez’s baseball issues — he sure has a type off the field, doesn’t he?
New York madam Kristin Davis (not that one), allegedly counted A-Rod as one of her high profile clients, and even dated the ballplayer herself.
Between his ex-wife, Cynthia, his rebound [...]
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