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Week of 2-16-15

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Legend: Riverfront Stadium was famously known for being the home of the Big Red Machine. From 1970-1976, the Reds had a team consisting of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Ken Griffey Sr, and Dave Concepcion. During that span they averaged to win nearly 98 times a season, while capturing 5 NL West titles, 4 pennants, and 2 rings. Riverfront Stadium’s artificial grass was a perfect fit for the speedy contact hitting team; according to the Red’s manager and owner. The great stadium that held a capacity up to 52952, had many historical moments and venues. Hank Aaron was the Continue reading Week of 2-16-15→

The Interesting Case of Pete Rose

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Before he was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1963 and became known as Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose was a former high school student who got held back due to being a top baseball prospect. Before Charlie Hustle was banned from baseball in August of 1989, he had a career as arguably the greatest hitter of all-time, while breaking Ty Cobb’s hit record with 4256 total base hits. Now some 26 years later, Rose has asked the new commissioner of baseball to re-open his case of possible reinstatement. The reason that Rose was placed on the ineligible list in Continue reading The Interesting Case of Pete Rose→

The Importance of Health for the O’s

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

The Baltimore Orioles hardly made any big offseason transactions, after losing Nick Markakis and Nelson Cruz in free agency, so that raises the question of why no big acquisitions to fill those two holes. The Orioles are middle of the road in MLB payrolls, so one would think that they could offer a big contract to a player to replace two stars, but the O’s have never been the type of team to spend money like the Yankees or Dodgers would. Baltimore, especially the last 4 years or so, have not had a reason to spend big, due to having Continue reading The Importance of Health for the O’s→

Is A-Rod Back?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

So far through 9 games in Spring Training, after serving a yearlong suspension, Alex Rodriguez is batting .300 with a homer and 2 RBI’s in Spring games. He looks pretty lose with the glove as well. The big surprise is that one would think that after not playing the game for a long time, A-rod would be anxious to swing the bat, thus resulting in strikeouts, but it hasn’t. Despite just being 9 short games (only 20 at-bats), the former 3-time AL MVP has shown plate discipline at 39-years-old, walking and striking out 4-times each, helping to result in an Continue reading Is A-Rod Back?→