Scott's Baseball Blog April 2008 Archive

With great salaries come great expectations. And Barry Zito isn't alone in his misery this season. Zito became the highest-paid middle reliever in baseball history following his demotion - the San ... Read More

There's no doubt that the Atlanta Braves' rotation looks great on paper. It's that combined age thing that looks like its downfall. Tom Glavine just turned 42. John Smoltz turns ... Read More

In a move that everybody could see coming from miles away (except maybe Wayne Krivsky), former St. Louis general manager Walt Jocketty was named GM of the Cincinnati Reds on ... Read More

Slate recently uncovered a strange truth about major-league baseball players. A disproportionate number of them were born in August. Among the game's all-time greats, Roberto Clemente, Roger Clemens, Cal Ripken, Ted ... Read More

Miguel Tejada is under investigation for perjury already by the Department of Justice. Should we add a fraud count as well? ESPN performed some background checks on Tejada, the new ... Read More

Part of the beauty of baseball is how the same sport can take on such drastically different personalities. It's hard to believe these two games on different sides of the ... Read More

Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia did his job in 2007, and did it well. Seemingly too well. Every fifth day, the large left-hander went out and gave the Indians innings. Big innings. ... Read More

It's the only documented preemptive strike against a curse in baseball history. After news broke last week that a Red Sox fan buried a Boston jersey in concrete being poured at ... Read More

Interesting story in the Washington Post over the weekend by Dave Sheinin. Why is it that athletes are stronger and faster today than ever before, but pitchers are throwing just ... Read More

Derek Jeter is out for a few games with a strained left quadriceps muscle, and it raises a few questions that aren't pleasant for New York Yankees fans. Jeter is the ... Read More

A look at what’s making news after the first week of the season: What’s up is down and what’s down is up. The Detroit Tigers hardly look like a first-place team ... Read More

The most dominant team in baseball isn't the Yankees or Red Sox. It's HOK Sport. With the opening of Nationals Park in Washington, more than half of the teams in MLB ... Read More

Every year the Associated Press compiles the team salaries from each team, and every year it seems more preposterous. This year's numbers show the ever-growing divide between large and small markets. ... Read More