The Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft began Monday night with the televised first round (with sandwich picks) and second round on the MLB Network.  The event goes over three days with rounds 3-10 yesterday and the final 30 rounds today on conference call.  Of all the drafts in the four major professional sports,… Continue reading New Era Of Shortstops On The Way

June is proving to be just as bountiful in the spectacular plays department as the previous two months have been.  Another week is gone in the Majors, yet there were plenty of game changing moments with both the bat and the glove.  Players are pushing for All-Star nominations, and getting yourself on Top of the… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

At the end of the season, fans and experts alike look back at the moments when the fortunes of a team changed, for better or for worse. Hindsight analysis is elementary, so here at SFTB, we recognize and discuss the importance of a series before it is played. This way, we as baseball lovers can… Continue reading Pivotal Series: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins

A preseason favorite to represent the American League in the World Series, the Seattle Mariners have not impressed through the first stretch of the season. After suffering a three game home sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees, the Mariners made a move that reeked desperation. The Mariners have been widely inconsistent while… Continue reading Seattle Mariners Are Already Giving Up

In the 3rd inning of Tuesday night’s extra-inning loss to the Yankees, Seattle Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon was ejected for arguing with first-base umpire Will Little. Instead of heading back to the dugout after his heated exchange with Little, McClendon made his way to the plate to give the home plate umpire a piece of… Continue reading The High Expectations of Lloyd McClendon

“Hitting the panic” button is one of those cliches you hear all too often in the world of sport.  It comes about when a team that had high preseason expectations makes a decision, a hasty one usually, as to whether they are resigned to losing in the current season or if they should infuse some… Continue reading MLB Teams on the Verge of Panic

This is the year. The Cubs win the World Series. Since 1989, we all knew this would be the year. After all, Back to the Future Part II was the one to tell us, and from flat panel televisions to Internet call services like Skype, the film had set a gold standard for what must… Continue reading Cubs Growing Up

We turned the page in the calendar yesterday.  It also turned the page on another week of Major League Baseball.  Sadly, there were no triple plays this week.  On the bright side, there were plenty of home runs, robbing of home runs, and diving grabs to go around.  Here are the top five plays that… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

Last week we looked at the American League teams occupying last place in their respective divisions. While the outlook for bottom-dwelling teams in the National League is a little more bleak, some of the best players in baseball are currently in those last-place positions. This week, we will look at how they got there and… Continue reading Last Place Report: National League