Zumaya Hits 107 MPH???

I’d love to think that this was completely legit, but I feel like this was probably just a glitch with the radar gun:

Spring Training Extravaganza: Day 2 – The Day In Pictures

I’m pretty wiped from another long day in the sun, so I’ll let the pictures do the talking today. I got to the yard around 10:30 AM only to find out that they don’t open the gates until 11:00 AM. Oh well, at least I was there from the start. I was contemplating a move [...]

Spring Training Extravaganza: Day 1

I actually arrived in Lakeland Tuesday afternoon, but with only a few hours of sleep Monday night before the flight out and a couple of fantasy baseball auctions to get through, I pretty much just stuck around the hotel and relaxed save a pre-trip to Joker Marchant Stadium just so I’d be acclimated with the [...]

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: 2nd Basemen

A look at the thinnest position in baseball for 2007: 1. Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies – Utley sits atop his position by a wider margin than any other position in baseball heading into 07. His production at such a thin position raises his draft stock considerably. Of course, he doesn’t need the wide margin to [...]

Best GMs In Sports

Billfer brought to light, by way of Baseball Think Factory, a Forbes magazine listing of rankings for all the general managers in sports. Dave Dombrowski ranks 48th, which is right in the middle. It is tough to argue with most of the baseball GMs ahead of him: Billy Beane (26), Omar Minaya (29), Theo Epstein [...]