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Buster Olney from ESPN and Jon Heyman from Sports Illustrated are two sports writers quickly losing ground of credibility with me lately.  I honestly would rather not read someone's jibber-jabber unless they had their little ducks in a row and their sources correctly cited. Instead all we get are the standard unnamed source bologna in place of real writing because they have nothing else to come up with.  We should be sick of it, and we don't deserve it.  Not these two pipers of the printed word. They cite their "unnamed" sources to stir the fan base and generate reactions.  There is one thing they're not telling you, the fan, and I have this from a credible MLB.com source (ahahahaahah you like that don't you?) These guys know nothing more than the casual fan.  They are typing these stories to generate either "heat" or interest for their name, their company or their ...

The Philadelphia Phillies: After all the articles about how great the Philiadelphia Phillies are (I still don't see the 2010 WS trophy with their team on it), there have been some signings and trades in the off season that has gotten the attention of quite a few baseball fans. Most of them were over-shadowed with a bias for a team that has yet to prove they are the best. Yes, I am anti-anyone who is crowed champion before the season starts.  Also I am sick of the argument that a team who is not the best still wins the championship.  Look, if they win the whole magilla, guess what? They're the best.  Don't twist the stats around and tell me on paper that your team or their team is better, just deal with the fact that last year's team is the best team period. Now, checking out all of these rotations I want ...

Sometimes I think the sports world needs characters like Gene Shalit. Perhaps just a anecdotal distraction from the rising ticket prices, off season doldrums, or whatever.  I don't know what I'm talking about.  I just know that whatever Gene does, I don't pay any attention to the point or reviews, I'm just fixated on that silly bow tie, the mustache and his outdated hair do.   Okay enough of going off the deep end and back to the topic. The 2010 New York Yankees, as usual, had an awesome line up and pitching rotation that remained competitive in the MLB, even though some say sports (in this case baseball) is a young man's game.  Not according to the Yankees roster.  In the middle of the Yankees' roster you have a few exceptions.  For example, Derek Jeter the 36-year-old shortstop's accolades include five Gold Gloves, four Silver Sluggers, 11 All-Star Selections and former Rookie of the Year...The list ...

The Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with former Cardinals Starting Pitcher and OF Rick Ankiel, reports Sports Illustrated's John Heyman.  The deal is worth $1.25 million dollars for one year.  He can earn another $1.25MM in performance bonuses. Ankiel has a great baseball story to him. Rick attended Port St. Lucie High School in Florida, where he went 11–1 with a 0.47 ERA during his senior season, striking out 162 batters in 74.0 innings pitched, and was named the High School Player of the Year by USA Today in 1997. He was also a first-team high-school All-American pitcher.  He was so good he didn't even need to be drafted.   Ankiel signed with the Cardinals out of high school for a $2.5 million signing bonus, the fifth-highest ever given to an amateur player. In 1998, he was voted the best pitching prospect in both the Carolina and Midwest leagues, and was the Carolina League's All-Star ...