First Star - A. Soriano (.171) Second Star - S. Gallagher (.148) Third Star - Geovany Soto (.082) After watching this game, the notion of balance sits perched upon my thoughts. There seems to be a delicate balance upon which great teams...

I don’t typically listen to sports talk on the radio. Most of these guys make my head spin, with their over opinionated blather. I still picture the guys back in high school that would sit around the lunch table yapping on and on about athletes...

First Star - Ryan Dempster (.352) Second Star - Alfonso Soriano (.068) Third Star - Derrek Lee (.067) First and foremost, Ryan Dempster is an Ace. There is a very calming feeling as I watch Dempster pitch. Perhaps it is that little...

Last month I wrote about my concern that the Cubs were a good team that would make the playoffs. Yet i was concerned that the Cubs were unable to hang with the ace pitchers of a playoff team and pull out a win. Last night the Cubs bested Jake Peavy,...

First Star - A. Soriano (.218) Second Star - T. Iguchi (.135) Third Star - K. Fukudome (.133) Top Play - Alfonso Soriano singled to left (Liner). Kosuke Fukudome scored. Reed Johnson scored. Ted Lilly advanced to 2B. (+.153) ...

CHICAGO - “Tell it to the Cubs”, a new fan feedback program announced today by the Chicago Cubs, will provide season ticket holders the opportunity to join Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney and additional members of the Cubs front office in a...

From the Smokies Media Dept: Sevierville, TN – The Tennessee Smokies match up against the Montgomery Biscuits for the next five games, which could not come soon enough. The Huntsville Stars swept the Smokies in a five game series with a 3-2 win...

Scouting Today’s Starting Pitchers Jake Peavy pitched well enough to earn his fifth victory of the season in his last start on Friday against the Rockies, allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings with six strikeouts. He had a...

First Star - T. Hoffman (.209) Second Star - C. Meredith (.204) Third Star - K. Green (.195) Top Play - Greene’s Home Run in the 4th (+.212) Edmonds vs Pie - Is there a way we can just avoid talking about this? I guess if I...

OH… NO!  I feel like crying right now.  Jim Edmonds is directly behind Tony LaRussa as my most hated baseballer of all time.  I can’t even look at his face without getting angry.  Seriously.  When he comes up to bat I put my hand over hi

From the Tennessee Smokies Media Dept: Sevierville, TN – The Tennessee Smokies dropped their third game in a row to the Huntsville Stars on Monday night at Smokies Park by the score of 9-7. Smokies starting pitcher Mark Holliman (0-1) gave up...

Fresh off the sweep of the team with the best record in baseball the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cubs begin a four game series with the San Diego Padres, the team with the worst. The Cubs dominated this one and though they fell...

It appears that Eric Gagne listens to “The Pitch” because he’s given up on the idea of his Brewers having a closer, too. Instead, his Milwaukee club will go to a bullpen-by-committee approach to closing games — something The Pitch community...

There is some talk in the papers today about an interesting prospect. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Reed Johnson ’s offensive numbers have been diminishing since his fast start (Although he hit a game tying home run...

I just wanted to let everyone know about a contest we’re having over on the Pitch, which is our twice weekly podcast. If you haven’t heard it yet, head over to www.mvn.com/thepitch for the feed information. Here are the basics of the...