A-Rod Passes McGwire on Home-Run List

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home-run of the season last night, and the 584th of his career. He is now the sole-owner of eighth place all time on the home-run list. Frank Robinson is the next to pass who has 586. No one has reached this milestone as quickly as A-Rod has, not even Hank [...]

Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins ink blockbuster deal

Let all the rumors cease. Let all the skeptics be silenced. And let all front offices sigh with disappointment. Joe Mauer is staying in Minnesota—for a long time. In a massive eight-year, $184 million deal, the 27-year old catcher is slotted to spend presumably the rest of his playing career in the Twin Cities—the deal [...]

Washington adds his name to Mt. Rushmore of sports screw-ups

Rangers manager Ron Washington has tested positive for cocaine. Everybody who was somewhat sober on St. Patty’s Day remembers the day-long coverage of it. Yeah, OK, there have been countless other screw-ups in sports lately. Tiger Woods is the obvious headliner. Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, the list goes on and on. But who would have [...]

Are Scott Boras and Money Ruining Baseball?

Ah Scott Boras. The sports agent fans love to hate. Personally I don’t really understand why. Scott Boras is a sports agent, and his job is to get his clients the most money and the best deals he can so why the outcry? Well, I tend to believe Boras is hated because he makes the [...]

Best of the Best Winner Take All Tournament: Championship Match

We’ve finally reached the finals of the team of the decade tournament. It’s been an exciting week coming up with the dream match ups, and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as we’ve enjoyed writing them. As you all know, this decade has seen it’s good and bad with it’s ups and downs, [...]

Brett and Tony’s All-Decade Team

Bringingheat’s All-Decade team of the ‘00s Tony Andracki Brett Rosin This past decade of baseball has been one for the ages. From record-setting personal seasons (Barry Bonds’ 73 home runs in 2001) to walk-off playoff game victories (See: David Ortiz circa 2004 or Luis Gonzalez in the ’01 World Series) and from the Mitchell Report [...]

2009 Fantasy Awards

As summer has turned to fall and leaves have turned to shades of orange and brown, the coming of fall means two things in the baseball world: the beginning of playoffs and the end of the fantasy baseball season. It’s been a trying year for some in both worlds, namely for Cubs fans (I weep [...]

World Series Preview: Phillies vs Yankees

With the World Series set, it’s time to break down all of the positions to see who has the upper hand in the 2009 fall classic. Catcher Phillies: Carlos Ruiz. Carlos Ruiz is your prototypical defensive catcher whom you don’t really care about offensively, as long as he calls a good game for your pitching [...]