With today’s announcement that Braves GM John Schuerholz is stepping down to become team president, the third of three long-standing, highly-respected General Managers has left his position in the last couple of weeks.

First was Terry Ryan, Twins GM since 1994, who stepped down at the end of the 2007 season. Ryan had an impressive […]

While watching the NLCS Game 1 tonight, I decided to look into exactly how many home-grown players these two rosters share. The answer turns out to be ‘a lot’, which I’m sure we all knew anyway; the reason I’m writing this, though, is that an impressive number of major contributors to these clubs emerged […]

Watching the Indians and Yankees in the ALDS, it became clear that the Indians’ resurgence after 6 seasons outside the playoffs came as a surprise to many in the media. Most predictions had the Yankees steamrolling Cleveland on their way to another ALCS date with the Sox; very few seemed to give Cleveland much […]

This year’s NLCS between the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks may wind up being the lowest rated, least-watched postseason series in history. Everyone is enjoying the news that there are still 12,000 LCS tickets left unsold in Arizona, which is admittedly pretty frustrating, especially for a Sox fan. Meanwhile, I’d lay better than […]