Will the Yankees miss the playoff for the second time in 17 seasons? Who are the six favorites to win their respective division? Which four teams will be the Wild Cards? Are the World Series teams both from the West Coast? How do you predict the 2013 MLB Season will finish up? Here are my [...]
Archive of posts filed under the AL Central category.
Yankees: Tigers are coming
Yankee Universe couldn’t be happier about-facing the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS and I will tell you why. October 6, 2011: It was a chilly October night in the Bronx, a Thursday to be exact, when Yankee Universe crumbled at the hands of the Tigers. Losing Game 5 of the 2011 ALDS was one of the most intense [...]
Yankees Universe: Predictions wanted
The sport of baseball is in a fantastic place right now. The fact is that two of the 10-playoff berths only got locked up yesterday is absurd, considering there are only 12 -14 games left in the regular season. And the two teams who clinched spots were the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds, both NL teams from the East and [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 12
Another week closer to the half-way mark of the 2012 MLB season and teams are battling all over baseball. In the NL West the 2nd place Dodgers have hit just 6 homers, and the 1st place SF Giants made them miss Matt Kemp. In the AL West the Halos are leading almost every hitting category for the [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 9
There are usually, one or two moments by now that will bore me during a regular MLB season. Well, not in 2012, as this might be the most exciting season in decades. There are so many great teams it is crazy. The AL and NL East’s are as good as it gets but the two [...]
New York Yankees: Hughes you are far from complete
Yesterday afternoon, in Detroit, New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes took the hill in the rubber match vs. Tigers ace Justin Verlander. The Yankee bats got to the reigning AL CY Young and MVP winner quickly, as Derek Jeter hit a homer off the first pitch of the game. A-rod followed with a solo shot [...]
2012 MLB Team Preview: Cleveland Indians
The 2011 Cleveland Indians came out of the gate hot last season, and were first in the AL Central up until July 20th having won 51 games. Following that day, the Tribe only won 29 more games in 2011, and finished the season a distant second with 15 games separating them and the division leading [...]
