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Nats’ flame-thrower burns up pessimism

August 23rd, 2009

Joyous days at Nationals Park have been scarce, and afternoons when Washington Nationals fans can be proud are even more atypical.

No team has lost more games than the Nationals have. Nor has any team committed as many errors, walked as many batters or been on the wrong end of more off-field blunders. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

In 2007 the New York Giants led the NFL in sacks. The Giants also won the Super Bowl that season.

Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers sacked more quarterbacks than any other team in the AFC. The Steelers went on to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, MLB, Washington Redskins

Random Thoughts from the Home Run Derby

July 14th, 2009

The Home Run Derby is long, probably too long, but I still enjoy it. It’s a fun night to watch people do something that you can’t. I also like to see all of the players who aren’t participating in the derby hanging out together on the field, laughing and fist bumping eachother.

Here’s a few of the random thoughts that I was thinking about during the derby. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

Ranking the top 5 players of MLB’s First Half

July 12th, 2009

The first half of the 2009 Major League Baseball season is complete.

The Boston Red Sox are still good (we saw that coming). The San Diego Padres are still awful (also predictable), and the Pittsburgh Pirates made 342 trades (which wasn’t easy to see coming).

With the Home Run Derby a day away, I figured I’d spend the evening ranking the five best playrers in baseball from the first half of the season. After much consideration, here is what I came up with. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

Bird Ramblings

July 8th, 2009

The Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 12-4 in Seattle on Tuesday night.

Luke Scott is 3-for-4 with a home run, a pair of two-run singles, and seven RBI. Baltimore has gotten great work from it’s bullpen tonight, which came on in the third-inning after Jeremy Guthrie’s early exit. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

Interleague Intrigue

June 16th, 2009

THE FOLLOWING GAME NOTES ARE COURTESY OF THE PREGAME PRESS PACKET AT CAMDEN YARDS… Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

Bloop Hits

June 4th, 2009

I hung out with Chad Jenkins last night at Nationals Park. He’s a great guy. The power-pitcher, who is expected to be taken in the first round, was in town to work out with the Nationals. He was hoping to see Randy Johnson gun for win No. 300. But mother nature had other ideas.

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Tommy Hanson is going to make his debut with the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Before he does that though, he’ll be making one final appearance on minors and majors as a minor leaguer. Hanson will join me on Saturday to chat about his promotion to the big leagues, as well as his goals for the rest of the season.

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB

Stimulus Package for Baltimore Rotation

June 2nd, 2009

The Baltimore Orioles have been benefitting from wonderful starting pitching over the past week. Who thought anybody would be saying that at any point in 2009? I certainly didn’t. Not with the rotation the Orioles entered the season with.

But with Adam Eaton out of baseball, Mark Hendrickson having been relegated to middle relief work, and Alfredo Simon out for the year — Baltimore has turned to a trio of young arms who have already begun to produce. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

Wieters Tracker: A Debut at Camden

May 29th, 2009

Matt Wieters was added to the 25 man roster on Friday afternoon. He’ll be catching and hitting 7th for the Baltimore Orioles in tonight’s home game with the Detroit Tigers.

I’ll add on to this post throughout the night, whenever Wieters does something (or doesn’t) that is worth posting. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

For O’s, Future is Now

May 26th, 2009

Matt Wieters will make his much anticipated major league debut on Friday night at Camden Yards. The long-awaited announcement was made by Baltimore’s President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail during an in-game television interview on MASN.

Wieters, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI in his final tune up at Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday night, is hitting .305 in the minor leagues. Widely considered the best prospect in all of baseball, a case could be made that Orioles fans have never viewed a minor league star with the reverence the fan base has bestowed upon the 2007 5th-overall pick. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles, Baltimore Orioles

Nats’ flame-thrower burns up pessimism

August 23rd, 2009

It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

Random Thoughts from the Home Run Derby

July 14th, 2009

Ranking the top 5 players of MLB’s First Half

July 12th, 2009

Bird Ramblings

July 8th, 2009

Interleague Intrigue

June 16th, 2009

Bloop Hits

June 4th, 2009

Stimulus Package for Baltimore Rotation

June 2nd, 2009

Wieters Tracker: A Debut at Camden

May 29th, 2009

For O’s, Future is Now

May 26th, 2009

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