Posted on 07 March 2012
Last year was a great year for brothers Brett and Tyler Pill. For both of them, it began with a phone call that opened the door to the next step of their careers. In September 2011, Brett Pill, 27, former Cal State Fullerton baseball player from 2003-2005, was called up to the big leagues by [...]
Posted on 14 September 2011
After beating with a faint pulse for the first few weeks, September finally decided to get on a Stairmaster. Ladies and gentlemen, the pulse-pounding baseball drama we love has arrived. The race to the October finish line has suddenly become–wait for it–exciting. Last week, it felt like the baseball gods made their final decisions as [...]
Posted on 10 May 2011
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.†The famous line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities was written about London and Paris, but the same could be said for the state of Southern California baseball. It is the best of times for the Angels. It is the worst [...]
Posted on 08 December 2010
Free agent left hander Cliff Lee is garnering a lot of attention at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings. Lee is said to have an offer from the New York Yankees in the range of $140 to $150 million over seven years. His former club, the Texas Rangers are also still in the running for [...]
Posted on 07 December 2010
Of 14 deceased NFL players who had rigorous testing on their brains postmortem, 13 were diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which cuts off the cell life in the brain. Major League Baseball is currently considering a seven-day disabled list for players suffering from a concussion. Dr. Todd Aaron who spoke to Sports Illustarted feels that [...]
Posted on 01 December 2010
While it was expected to be a year of growing pains in Dodgertown, nobody expected the Los Angeles Dodgers to play as poorly as they did this past season. The divorce of owners Frank and Jamie McCourt took a major financial toll on the team, so it will be difficult for General Manager Ned Colletti [...]
Posted on 29 November 2010
The trolley cars barely had time to finish rolling through the Civic Center Plaza in celebration of the Giants winning the World Series before the burners on the hot stove were set to scorching. Players were electing free agency while others were being non-tendered by ballclubs unwilling to pay escalating costs for mediocre returns. Slightly [...]
Posted on 29 November 2010
Derek Jeter wants to be the second highest-paid baseball player in Major League Baseball. The team he has been associated with his whole career, the New York Yankees, disagree with him. Coming off a season where he hit only .270 with 10 home runs, the Yankees want to decrease his pay and limit his years [...]