Tonight for the first time in history the first round of Major League Baseball’s Amateur Free Agent Draft will be televised on the sport’s new MLB cable TV network. The consensus is that San Diego State righthander Stephen Strasburg will be the number one pick by the Washington Nationals even though super-agent Scott Boras is throwing around a $50 million price tag that would shatter the $10.5 record set by another right-hander Mark Prior in 2001. Computer addicts will be able to view the rounds after the first one on the TV link to mlb.com . Read More
A GREAT GAME AND A TOUGH BUSINESS
June 1, 2009
The headline in today’s posting comes from what Orioles manager Dave Trembley told the media last week in breaking the bad news to backup catcher Chad Moeller that he was being removed from the roster to make room for the phenom Matt Wieters. If the 32-year-old Read More