The 2012 All-Star Game was about as fun to watch as paint drying, and every year it seems to get worse. Players don’t seem to give a hoot anymore; and fans think the All-Star Game has turned into an awful representation of a sport that they love every other day of the season. I did [...]
Archive of posts tagged Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
New York Yankees: ESPN voted Derek Jeter not an MVP do you agree
Instead of mulling over the New York Yankees many troubles, which are still very real even after their 3-2 win over the Royals last night, I found anot her subject to focus my irritations on. And that would be non-other then the MLB award watch 2012 on ESPN.com, specifically the AL MVP.ESPN decided to vote on [...]
Yankees captain wants his MVP
I WANT MY MVP? Most people would say that the New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has it all, but they are wrong. Ok, so Jeter is rich, handsome, dates hot brunettes, has enough World Series Championship rings for every finger on his right hand, Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers and countless awards in just about [...]
2012 MLB Team Preview: Texas Rangers
Down in Arlington, Texas the last two years have proven to be optimistic yet frustrating. Last season marked the Rangers second consecutive, yet unsuccessful trip to the World Series. The franchise had never gotten past the ALDS before 2010, so winning two consecutive American League pennants in their first two visits means it is no fluke and that this team [...]
MLB: To Be Or Not To Be MVP Is Up To Ryan Braun
Tonight, Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun will be presented with the 2011 NL MVP Award at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner in New York City and everyone is wondering what he will do. That is because back in October, Braun failed a routine performance-enhancing drug test. The levels of testosterone found were said [...]
New York Yankees: A Note To Brewers Fans
Dear Milwaukee Brewers Fans, It is saddening when troubling news breaks about a player that you admire, like it did with your perennial Milwaukee favorite Brewer Ryan Braun. I can safely speak for most New York Yankee fans in stating that things changed the day Alex Rodriguez admitted to using PEDs (performance-enhancing-drugs). Even though he [...]
MLB: Steroids Are Still Baseball’s Dirty Mistress
When ESPN reported the news that 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun had tested positive for PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) it reminded me that baseball still had a dirty mistress. I knew back on January 11, 2010 that MLB commissioner Bud Selig might have spoken too soon about the end of the steroid era, when he told NY Time’s Mike Schmidt: [...]
