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Category Archives: Giants
2016 MVP Ballots
Unless your team wins the World Series, there are few days on the calendar sadder than the day the last out settles into a player’s glove and baseball slips into hibernation. Among the few reprieves from the long, dark winter … Continue reading
Forecasting October with Playoff Runs
If you’ve paid any attention to baseball over the past decade or so, you know that playoff results are governed by something other than logic. There is no formula that can identify a great playoff team. October baseball is driven … Continue reading
Awards Preview
So, August is almost over, and unless you’re a loyal reader of The Forecaster or USA Today Sports Weekly, you haven’t read anything I’ve written about baseball in most of a baseball season. Rather than make excuses, I’ll offer a … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Astros, Cubs, Giants, Nationals, Postseason Awards, Rangers, White Sox
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Let’s Pick Some All-Stars
If you’ve been around these parts before, you know I’m not a fan of picking all-stars based on a 50-game sample at the beginning of a season, and that I don’t like giving lifetime-achievement awards to aging players in July either. … Continue reading
Posted in All-Star Game, Cubs, Giants, Red Sox, Uncategorized
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Wait ‘Til Next Year – 2016 Baseball Preview
I’ve been writing season previews for a long time. Everyone writes season previews. There’s not much I can say that others haven’t said. The Braves are really bad. The Cubs are really good. The Red Sox are hard to predict. … Continue reading
Top 100 MLB Players – 2016
In less than two weeks, Bryce Harper will take meaningful swings and Chris Sale will throw meaningful pitches and Andrelton Simmons will make meaningful dives to his right and throw out determined, incredulous baserunners. As the Royals begin their first … Continue reading
2015 Baseball Preview
Opening Day is less than two weeks away, which means we shouldn’t expect more than two or three pitchers to tear elbow ligaments before the season starts. That kind of confidence makes a season preview less of a fool’s errand … Continue reading
World Series Predictions
Every October, I write about how unpredictable the playoffs are and then make playoff predictions. As a guy with a baseball blog, I feel like I’m shirking some duty if I don’t tell everyone who will listen who I think … Continue reading
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2014 Connie Mack Award
One of my favorite things about being a Baseball Bloggers Alliance member is voting for awards, including those for the best player, pitcher, and rookie in each league. We’re also asked to vote for the best manager. As I’ve said … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Giants, Mariners, Marlins, Mets, Orioles, Postseason Awards
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Playoff Pre(Inter?)View 2014
Some might argue that the playoffs start tonight, as the previous two nights’ contests are more akin to qualifier games than playoff series. Major League Baseball disagrees, and there was certainly a playoff atmosphere in Kansas City and Pittsburgh (did … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Cardinals, Dodgers, Giants, Nationals, Orioles, Predictions, Royals, Tigers
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Replacement Level Baseball Blog 