Baseball Brawls

Short Stops Around the Majors for May 5, 2008

Dave Rouleau posted 5/6/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

Monday's scoreboard and recaps from around Major League Baseball...plus Tuesday's probable starters!

Greek Tragedy In The Milwaukee Pen?

extra_inn posted 5/6/2008 from www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com

It seems like the Brewers are baseball’s version of the traditional Greek Tragedy; they are a generally good team that has one flaw that leads to their demise. Last year it was team defense. This year it looks like the bullpen. What can they do?

The Season’s First Gay Pujols Post!

Bugs & Cranks found this 5/6/2008 on www.cardinalsdiaspora.com

Is it time? I think it’s time. It’s 2008’s first openly gay post about Albert Pujols! That’s right friends; a few paragraphs of unmitigated knob slobbing on baseballs’ best player. Yes, baseball’s BEST player. Now at the end of the ...

This Week in Baseball: 1972

jdmurphy315 posted 5/6/2008 from seamheads.com

1972, when men were men.

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part IX

m_taylor13 posted 5/6/2008 from seamheads.com

In the ninth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1981 to 1989. As I finished moving thru the Eighties for this issue, I was reminded of how superficial this history, or any history of baseball, really is. First, as I got into the late ’80s, I could look up games in a scorebook I started keeping. (The first scorebook I kept, ...