Braun Suspension: Sometimes The Bad Guys Lose
In MLB | By Bryan Lienesch | On July 23 2013 12:48 AM
Photo courtesy Morry Gash/STF
The last time I dedicated an article -- an open letter, really -- to Ryan Braun, I tried my best to tread lightly. I certainly had my feelings about the man and the technicality that brought ...
MLB Power Rankings – 6/10
In MLB | By Bryan Lienesch | On June 10 2013 12:53 AM
Photo courtesy Jeff Roberson
As the baseball season marches into June, it hits a crossroads. Gone are the days of writing off losses as "slow starts". The dead heat of Summer is coming (or, in some place, already there) and ...
The Men Who Go to WAR
In MLB | By Bryan Lienesch | On September 7 2012 01:37 AM
LORD OF WAR: When it comes to Wins Above Replacement, young gun Mike Trout absolutely owns the rest of pro baseball. Photo courtesy Mike Stobe/Getty Images
"We count everything."
That one line from 'For Love of the Game' starring Kevin Costner ...
MLB All Star Game Recap: Expect the Unexpected
In MLB | By Aaron Henderson | On July 12 2012 07:50 PM
The 83rd All-Star Game saw the National League put on an old-fashioned butt kicking of the American League. It was nowhere near the entertaining game we are used to seeing. And with that old-fashioned butt kicking something else happened. The ...
A Letter to Ryan Braun
In Health | By Bryan Lienesch | On February 25 2012 09:46 AM
Dear Ryan Braun,
I would like to start off by congratulating you on your appeal. No one has ever had such a large ban overturned before and I can see where it merited doing so in your case. I hope you ...
NL MVP Braun WINS P.E.D. Appeal
In MLB | By Bryan Lienesch | On February 23 2012 04:34 PM
For the first time ever, a baseball player charged with violating MLB's rules on performance enhancing drugs has won his appeal. The appeal, which is sort of an odd name since it's the first actual "hearing" of any kind in ...
Who MAY be All Stars, and who SHOULD be. NL Edition. (Plus a little Competition vs. Exhibition ranting)
In MLB | By SirMHayesXIV | On June 22 2010 08:15 PM
For the most part, just looking at the NL voting leaders? We're getting it wrong. Be it because of name recognition. A huge "homer" vote turn out (gotta give Philly its due. They have to be stuffing the hell out of the ballots between bites of cheesesteak). But the bottom line is? There are more deserving players out there than just the "names you recognize". There are guys who are working just as hard and playing better and deserve to be recognized.
