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He’s been nothing short of amazing, even with unprecedented hype. So as Stephen Strasburg faces the lowly Kansas City Royals is it ridiculous to think we may see him toss a no hitter today? Yes, the Royals (rather stunningly) are among the league leaders in batting average. Of course, it’s all singles and they have [...]

I originally started this post by simply typing SHOCKER! But I was afraid by extreme sarcasm would be lost in that form. Another superstar stud major leaguer caught doing steroids…..really? Wow – I’m amazed, I just can’t believe – everything I thought was real is now gone – I’m crushed. Did my sarcasm work better [...]

The numbers are eye popping. 8 starts, 6-0 a 0.40 ERA including 3 complete games – 2 were complete game shutouts. Since the early 1900s (1912 for the NL and 1913 for the AL) only twice before last night has a pitcher gone 6-0 to start the season with a sub 0.40 ERA. Zack Greinke [...]

Here’s a shocker….Chris Carpenter is hurt. After elbow and shoulder injuries kept the super talented right-handed 2005 Cy Young Award winner on the shelf for most of ’08 and ’07 Chris Carpenter made it only 10 innings into the 2009 season. However, it should be noted they were 10 scoreless innings. So this brings up [...]

Yes, I know – there is a lot of baseball to be played, but….lets take a look at what the first 10 days of major league baseball have brought us in 2009. First (although these are not meant to be in any particular order, other than the order I typed them) is simply that its [...]