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Umpire Jerry Meals' call was horrible, but not worst call ever (Video)
News By Charlie Miller Call was horrible, but not worst ever Last night I watched the last 11 innings of the Pirates-Braves game in Atlanta. And it’s the kind of game I really enjoy. I love te...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, 19 innings, blown call, Braves-Pirates, Jerry Meals

Carlos Beltran traded to San Francisco — a win-win-win deal
News Finally, a trade where everybody wins. Carlos Beltran gets his wish to play for a winning team with a shot at the playoffs--The San Francisco Giants--while playing to impress baseball executives be...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Carlos Beltran, Zack Wheeler, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, MLB trade deadline, trades

Cardinals, Tony La Russa Bail Out on Colby Rasmus

News Technically, this wasn’t a three-team deal, but it involved the Redbirds, White Sox and Blue Jays (techincally yes, they are the Cardinals, but Redbirds makes the trade much more patriotic-esque)...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Colby Rasmus, Edwin Jackson, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, MLB trades, trade deadline

Chicago White Sox Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Eddie Collins, Frank Thomas, Luis Aparicio, Luke Appling, Nellie Fox, Paul Konerko, Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox

Trade Deadline Deals Not Always Worth It
MLB by Charlie Miller As soon as the dust settled at the All-Star Game, the chatter around the majors turned to trade talk. Who are the buyers and sellers? Fans want to know. This season, with so m...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Carlos Beltran, Chris Perez, Cliff Lee, Doyle Alexander, Jeff Bagwell, John Smoltz, Lou Brock, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals

San Diego Padres Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, NL West, National League, Dave Winfield, Eric Show, Garry Templeton, Nate Colbert, Randy Jones, Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, San Diego Padres

Kansas City Royals Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Amos Otis, Bret Saberhagen, Dan Quisenberry, Frank White, George Brett, Paul Splittorff, Kansas City Royals

Philadelphia Phillies Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, NL East, National League, Chuck Klein, Jimmy Rollins, Mike Schmidt, Pete Alexander, Robin Roberts, Steve Carlton, Philadelphia Phillies

Pittsburgh Pirates Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, National League, Honus Wagner, Paul Waner, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates

Who should be on the Orioles' Mt. Rushmore?
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, American League, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Earl Weaver, Eddie Murray, Frank Robinson, George Sisler, Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles

Who is on the Chicago Cubs' Mt. Rushmore?
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, National League, Billy Williams, Cap Anson, Charlie Root, Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins, Mark Grace, Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs, Mount Rushmore, Mt. Rushmore

Who Belongs on the Atlanta Braves' Mt. Rushmore?
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question posed recently whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore piqued my interest. Not really the Jeter-Yank...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Chipper Jones, Hank Aaron, John Smoltz, Warren Spahn, Atlanta Braves

Overhauling All-Star Week
MLB by Charlie Miller Asserting that baseball's All-Star Week must be overhauled presumes that something is amiss with the current setup. While the All-Star festivities as they currently exist leav...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, All-Star Week, MLB All-Star Game

immersed in Baseball-Reference
MLB I was trying to identify who the midseason candidates for the postseason awards have been for the past few years. Beginning with Cy Young, I looked at the All-Star Game starters. Not a great place,...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, American League, National League, Carl Yastrzemski, Dick Radatz, Hank Aaron, Ray Culp, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey

Athlon Sports' MLB All-Star Teams
MLB The voting is in and MLB has tallied up America’s wishes for the starting lineups for the All-Star Game next week. Managers Bruce Bochy of the Giants and Ron Washington of the Rangers have select...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, MLB All Star Game

Getting Lost in Baseball-Reference.com
MLB Getting lost in Baseball-Reference.com Okay, I’m a baseball nerd, not a real-life nerd — even my two daughters don’t see me as that. But I am a baseball nerd. I played Strat-O-Matic baseb...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Midseason Awards American League MVP 1. Adrian Gonzalez, Boston 2. Miguel Cabrera, Detroit 3. Jose Bautista, Toronto Cy Young 1. Josh Beckett, Boston 2. Justin Verlander, Detroit...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Diamond Update AL Player of the Week Dustin Pedroia, Boston For the third week in a row a player from the Red Sox is our AL Player of the Week. Pedroia led the AL with a 1.405 OPS, a .474 b...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Ranking MLB Managers
MLB    1. Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay A master with youngsters and at convincing players to believe in themselves and their team.  2. Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels His teams are aggress...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

MLB Draft History: The Best Pick at Each Slot 1-50
MLB With the 2011 Major League Draft final, let’s take a look back through history at the top picks at each slot 1-50. There are some Hall of Famers on the list, but some had to be left out. And ther...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

13th Round MLB Draft Picks Not So Bad
MLB Every year at draft time, we are reminded just how inexact the science of projecting major league really is. Mike Piazza was drafted in the 62 round by the Los Angels Dodgers, presumably as a favor...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Athlon Spotlight No Rule Change Needed After Injury On May 25 in San Francisco the Giants lived through their worst nightmare. Star catcher — and anchor of their lineup — Buster Posey broke...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn NL Races Going as Expected There are fewer surprises in the National League than in the AL. But one team we didn't expect to be on the north side of .500 is Arizona. On Friday t...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Time to Assess A.L. races Now with the quarter pole comfortably behind us, it’s time to reassess the American League divisional races. Next week, we’ll examine the Nationa...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Jones’ Knees Take Toll Just as Chipper Jones’ career with the Atlanta Braves was getting underway, a spring training injury in 1994 cost Jones an entire season. The former N...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

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