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The Detroit Tigers Podcast #8: Ice Ice Baby, Too Cold
Published 4/9/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... ESPN.com - #2 (behind the Yankees)

The Detroit Tigers Podcast #9: Welcome back, Brandon
Published 4/16/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... ESPN.com: #3

The Detroit Tigers Podcast #13: The Tigers are Streakin’
Published 5/14/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... ESPN.com

Bad Altitude: I'm Still Laughing Uncontrollably About Willy Taveras: Designated Hitter
Published 6/11/2007 at Bad Altitude
... in a World Series game. Sorry, in two World Series games. Isn't that by itself enough to get rid of that stupid rule? If the Rockies are going to keep winning series the way they have been doing, they are going to do permanent and irreparable harm to my theory that they are not very good. But then again, who have they played recently? There just aren't a lot of very good teams in the National League, and Baltimore is surely one of the most pathetic, pathologically incompetent franchises on the junior circuit. The Rockies will be tested against the Yankees and the Red Sox (the Old Boss and the New Boss respectively) during this interleague pod, but what I am really interested to see is how they will fare when they face the Padres again. While Colorado has been making baby steps towards relevance, San Diego seems hell bent for leather on proving that the caretaker NL West titles they won by default the last two seasons were just a buildup. Good for them. They're presently #1 in

The disaster named Hector Carrasco
Published 6/12/2007 by Bjoern at Angels Dust
... ) or number 3 (ESPN) in most current power rankings, there are still some not so bright spots that could use some improvement (or replacement) on the team. Measured by batting runs above average (

Bunt Singles July 8
Published 7/8/2007 by Kurt at Mack Avenue Tigers
ESPN.com’s Power Rankings proudly present the MVT (Most Valuable Team) of the first half: the Boston Red Sox. It’s hard to argue against a team that ranked No. 1 in eight of the 14 weeks, but you can go ahead and try. Knock yourself out. (ESPN.com) ...

Yankees making believers yet?
Published 8/19/2007 by Jon Methven at Bugs & Cranks
... The Yankees took three of four from the Detroit Tigers, who on Friday were as high as the third best team in the league in some power rankings, while the Yankees were still mired in sixth.  They pulled to within four of the Boston Red Sox, who split with the Angels in a four-game series. And they are still neck-and-neck with the Seattle Mariners.  Since the All-Star break the Yanks are 27-11, while the alleged third best team in the league is 15-23. ...

The Detroit Tigers Podcast #27: Shaking Off Those Bronx Bummers
Published 8/21/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... ESPN.com: #3 ...

This Week's MLB Power Rankings
Published 8/27/2007 by cubbiejulie at A League of Her Own - Front Page
... This week's rankings ...

Power Rankings: Sox Drop Again to #3, Mets Up 3 to #6
Published 9/7/2007 by MetsSox at MetsSox
... For the complete Power Rankings through September 6, click HERE ...

Power Rankings: Sox Back To #1, Mets #4
Published 9/15/2007 by MetsSox at MetsSox
... At ESPN.COM, the Red Sox have taken over the #1 spot in the MLB Power Rankings.  The Mets also moved up 2 spots to #4.  The Yanks round off the top 5, remaining in the 5th spot. ...

D-backs & Run Differential
Published 4/12/2008 by Nicholas Cote at Out in the Desert
... as well as ESPN’s (or course, MVN made the pick first). Can we expect to continue this dominance? Not quite. But this IS without a doubt a much improved team over last year’s overperforming ragamuffins. I can’t wait to see what happens next. ...

The D Stands for Domination
Published 4/14/2008 by Andy Lenartz at Bugs & Cranks
... If the D-backs do manage to keep dominating the league at this level, they might just earn a promotion to the American League. The D-backs are winning games by outplaying their opponents in every category - pitching, hitting, defense. It is not just one thing they are doing right, but everything that seems to be clicking for them. With their play over the past week, the D-backs have taken over the top spot in the ESPN power poll, and more shockingly, even ...

We All Back the D-backs
Published 4/24/2008 by Andy Lenartz at Bugs & Cranks
…. except at Chase Field. The Diamondbacks are getting plenty of love nationally: ESPN Power Rankings SI Power Rankings ESPN the Mag’s Franchise Rankings But despite their hot streak, the D-backs are only averaging 30,495 fans per game. This is a couple thousand more a game than last year, but includes the sold-out opener. The team is ranked 10th in the National League, and we are talking about a league that contains the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals. So let’s get ...

Pitching Carries Tribe To First
Published 5/15/2008 by Rick at WaitingForNextYear
large_bearden.jpg Shhhh…don’t tell them, but the Indians will wake up Thursday morning a half game ahead of Minnesota for first in the Central. The Indians are 2 games over .500 for the first time since game 2. On May 5th, the Tribe was 14-17, and found themselves plummeting to 17th in ESPN’s power rankings . Since then, all the Indians have done is gone 7-2, winning series against the Yankees, Blue Jays and A’s by a combined score of 38-13. In short, the Tribe has pitched their way into first. Wednesday night was no exception. Sabathia was dominant once again, going the ...

The Jump to Hyperspace
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Paul Cousineau) at The DiaTribe
... Back to reality and before getting too in-depth on this two month stretch, how nice is it to see the DEEE-TROIT Tigers with the second worst record among these teams when we’re playing 7 of the bottom 8 teams in MLB, according to ESPN.com’s Power Rankings (which should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt as big as John Kruk’s pumpkin-sized head) as of May 9th, after hearing ad nauseum all off-season that the Tigers were going to challenge the 1927 Yankees in terms of offensive production and that their thin starting pitching (welcome to the AL, Dontrelle) and bullpen ...

Friday Fungoes
Published 5/23/2008 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... The Tigers moved up two slots this week in ESPN.com’s MLB Power Rankings, from 27 to 25. Sadly, Detroit’s still behind the Royals and a notch above the Nationals. Here’s the blurb that runs alongside: ...

Saturday afternoon linkaliciousness
Published 5/24/2008 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Youkilis. "For what reason? They made us go to Japan, why do they want us to speed up the game?" It takes someone as Youkilis to exploit the now-obvious parallel between speeding up the pace of games and MLB having two games played in Japan in March.  I think they should use that excuse for everything from now on... "They won't let me use HGH?  For what reason?  They made us go to Japan, why do they want us to stop using HGH?" ESPN's Power Rankings slot the Rangers in at #16.  So does the Prospectus Hit List ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Saturday 5/24, 6:05 CT
Published 5/24/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... The Cubs are #1 in this week's ESPN.com Power Ranking. Meanwhile, look at who's #4, #5 and #6. (And #18 and #19 if you want a smile or two.) ...

ESPN Power Rankings
Published 5/28/2008 at Fire Dusty Baker
Fire Dusty Baker Jump to navigation 28 May ESPN Power Rankings Finally, some respect . posted at 12:46:46 on 05/28/08 by bobbyd - Category: General Comments No comments yet Add Comments Your comment : Name : E-mail/HTTP : Remember Me

MLB Power Rankings Week 10
Published 6/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
Instead of my usual power rankings, I have decided to take power rankings from several sources and average them out to create some sort of a BCS system..Do you like this more than my own rankings? Post your feedback in the comment section, thanks! Power Rankers: ESPN ESPN RPI Sports Illustrated Yahoo! Sports Team Ranker Overall Record Seattle Times' Larry Stone's Power RankingsExplanation of rankers: ESPN and Sports Illustrated do a great job of taking into ...

Friday Fungoes
Published 6/27/2008 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... with fellow SABRtooths. It’s raining right now but because I already purchased my ticket, I’m going to this game come hell or high water. Come to think of it, one or both could occur. Overheard (and paraphrased): “Isn’t there a disconnect between a team that plays at Progressive Field and that team’s offensive Chief Wahoo logo? Doesn’t seem very progressive to me.” The Tigers are holding steady at #16 in this week’s ESPN MLB Power Rankings. At last, some consistency in something. Todd ...

Smells Like Padres in Here - Tuesday Edition
Published 7/1/2008 by Winfield's Ghost at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
... Congratulations Padres.  You won a baseball game.  Nice going.  But so did Arizona, so please don't try to convince us that you're back in this thing.  We know better.  Black is going to mess with the rotation. The team is hoping to land several Latin American prospects tomorrow. Finally.  We're last. Josh Banks goes against Aaron Cook tonight.  They will probably win again tonight and people will get all excited.  Then they'll lose tomorrow when Dex ...

So Weak and Powerful
Published 7/13/2008 by Andrew Reilly at The 35th Street Review: White Sox Blog @ Sox35th.com
It goes without saying they’re not supposed to be taken too seriously, but you have to wonder what exactly goes into the so-called “Power Rankings” done by the major sports outlets. Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated and ESPN place the Good Guys at numbers 5, 2 and 1 based on the strength of their weak division, Carlos Quentin and John Danks. Seriously. To be fair, these are valid points and the Sox as a whole are doing some fine work on the field. But you have to wonder exactly how closely the people who write at these levels follow ...

K-Rod Saves #40, Dodgers Score 5 In The 9th, Percival Returns For Rays
Published 30 days ago at FanIQ Blog
... Brewers 7, Giants 4 - Manny Parra gave the Brewers their 3rd straight excellent outing from a SP, as the Brewers completed the sweep. Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 5 - Russell Martin: game-winning RBI in the 9th ----- Other news ----- Brewers acquire Ray Durham via trade. Alfonso Soriano is starting rehab for his broken hand. J.J. Putz is back for the Mariners. Cubs, Red Sox top ESPN's power rankings this week. Who are your top teams?

K-Rod Saves No. 40, Dodgers Score 5 In The 9th, Percival Returns For Rays
Published 30 days ago at FanIQ Blog
... for the Rockies Brewers 7, Giants 4 - Manny Parra gave the Brewers their 3rd straight excellent outing from a SP, as the Brewers completed the sweep. Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 5 - Russell Martin: game-winning RBI in the 9th ----- Other news ----- Brewers acquire Ray Durham via trade. Alfonso Soriano is starting rehab for his broken hand. J.J. Putz is back for the Mariners. Cubs, Red Sox top ESPN's power rankings this week. Who are your top teams?

Ho-hum....another day and more baseless claims.
Published 29 days ago by mr. met (noreply@blogger.com) at the metropolitans
... don't neeeeed Pedro. It would be nice if he can be league average pitcher, but he is their #5 right now. The Mets season does not hinge on their #5. Here is why you don't give 36 year old catchers big contracts. "That's the biggest thing," he said. "I don't want to miss two years. I'm already flustered with this one because I haven't been 100 percent and I've been trying to play through a lot of pain." The Mets have certainly changed how people perceive this team really quickly...

Friday Fungoes
Published 19 days ago by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... poll, 57 percent of Fungo readers said they expected the Tigers to be buyers at the trade deadline, 43 percent thought the Tigers would sell. Interestingly, I noticed a mini-surge in “sellers” votes after the Pudge deal was announced. Be sure to cast your vote in this week’s new poll. The big media outlets released power rankings for this week. The Tigers certainly have the look of a middling team according to: ESPN.com: 11 Fox Sports.com: 18 CBS SportsLine.com: 14 ...

Friday Fungoes
Published 12 days ago by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... The Tigers have tumbled seven spots ESPN’s Power Rankings this week. Detroit is now #20. Quite honestly, I think the Worldwide Leader is being generous. ...

Ethier bails out Dodger Bullpen; Saves My Dad a Heart-Attack
Published 3 days ago by BG (noreply@blogger.com) at West Coast Bias Sports Blog
... There's no question that this Dodger team is significantly different (not to mention better) than the team of three weeks ago. Any number of baseball analysts would tell you that even with the addition of Manny and Blake they are still an inferior team to both the Phillies and the Brewers but a nice little 6-1 split sure does look good right now, doesn't it? Day off tomorrow and then the Rockies roll into town for a 3 game set. ...