Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The saddest words of tongue or pen are not tragedy, but “What might have been...” Casey Kotchman was the Angels’ first round pick in the 2001 draft. He made his major league debut after a dramatic baserunning injury to Darin Erstad in 2004, called up from AA Arkansas to join the team on a Sunday afternoon. He had been a batboy to Garret Anderson in the minors where his father, Tom Kotchman...
Prairie Sun Rising (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
. C ongratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies, winners of the 2008 World Series. Here in Prairie Country, where Fargo is the home of 61-in-61--"some say" still baseball's homerun king, Roger Maris--we take our baseball seriously. To the roster of homegrown baseball stars Darin Erstad and Rick Helling, now is added Phillies catcher Chris Coste. You do Fargo-Moorhead and your hometown...
DoughStreet.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
A lot of things broke well for the Astros in 2008: Brian Moehler, Randy Wolf, LaTroy Hawkins, Ty Wigginton, Darin Erstad and the rest of the wise men, and Wesley Wright. A few others didn’t. In no particular order they were (be sure to click ahead and see the full pictorial essay before you vote): [...]
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
A lot of things broke well for the Astros in 2008: Brian Moehler, Randy Wolf, LaTroy Hawkins, Ty Wigginton, Darin Erstad and the rest of the wise men, and Wesley Wright. A few others didn't. In no particular order they were (be sure to click ahead and see the full pictorial essay before you vote): Hurricane Ike, who's wind and rain put out the Astros white hot streak? via www.sciam.com...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Jack Zduriencik is exceptionally experienced at dealing with a team run into the ground by an absentee ownership that doesn't know much about baseball. Talk about a good fit.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... featured in their 2002 World Series championship -- Garret Anderson, Tim Salmon, Troy Percival, Darin Erstad and Troy Glaus, among others.Either Bavasi became stupid, or other factors conspired against him in Seattle, because he will be remembered for Erik Bedard, Jeff Weaver, Carlos Silva, Scott Spiezio, Rich Aurilia ... well, we could go on, but you get the point.What we do know...
