...what about Gil Hodges Stadium? Meantime, I persist in calling it New Shea, in honor of the lawyer who helped bring the National League back to New York, whose name was proudly affixed to the old dump that is being torn down. The Citigroup bailout brought...
...bust his hump to land an enormous contract and he didâ¦after several months of dogging it in Boston to force a trade into the National League, where he put up Hall of Fame numbers for the rest of the year. Now, Iâm seeing him sitting on a huge, multi-year contract...
...him who knows what he is doing. Notice that when Williams was hired, Charlie became a lot smarter. Mackanin is a solid, National League guy who will help with decision-making. Hiring an AL buddy of Charlie's would have been a mistake. Confirm your registration...
...said he wanted to be traded if he was the backup first baseman. Knowing the Nationals had one of the worst ERAs in the National League last year, would you rather get a high-priced slugger or a pitcher? -- Matt S., Farmingdale, N.Y. Pitching is the most...
...three Rays in the top twenty, and none of them Scott Kazmimr. Three for the White Sox, too. Let's switch over to the National League: Once again we see the "obvious" Cy Young choice leading the pack, but only by a nose over the number two pitcher. Brandon...
...range and made him a liability on the bases. Pat is an American League DH trapped within the broader parameters of the National League game. At 32, Burrell probably has a half-dozen productive slugging years ahead of him. He wound up earning nearly as much...
...stopped moving since. And things only are expected to get busier this month as the Phillies try to become the first National League team to repeat as world champion since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975-76. "We have a lot of people working on a lot of different...
...national innocence by killing little ball, we note that in 1943 Marshall stole eight bases, which was good for 10th best in the National League. Max Marshall played the game the right way and died in Salem, Oregon in 1983. Interestingly while on the subject...
...six more years. I apologize to regular Mailbag readers for repeating this, but the Cubs did post the best record in the National League last year, did lead the Major Leagues in run differential, and did rank second in the Majors in runs scored. The lineup...
...gains a full point-and-a-quarter in contact rate, .005 points in BABIP, and 1.5 points in HR/FB simply by playing in the National League. On the downside, a batter loses two points in stolen base success rate (though it should be noted the sample size for...