Ten Reasons to Tune into Baseball This Season
Ankur Amin
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Everyone Hates the Yankees - Whether you live in Boston or in Los Angeles, every baseball fan outside of New York hates the Yankees. Steinbrenner's pinstriped crew has historically been boost 
ed by an open checkbook but has suffered through a recent championship drought. No other professional sport has a clear Goliath team that fans all across the country can root against.
Cursed Cubs? - Just outs away from the World Series a few seasons ago, the Cubbies have been on a downward spiral ever since Steve Bartman became a household name. Jim Hendry has gone out and made some big moves, however, to change his teams' fortunes. Adding the dynamic Alfonso Soriano and fiery manager Lou Piniella were terrific moves. Remember it only took the Cardinals eighty-three regular season wins to win a title last year. There is no reason why these cursed-Cubs can't do the same in a weak National League.
Dice-K's Seven Pitch Arsenal - Not since Hideo Nomo has one Japanese baseball player had so much hype behind him; and Nomo didn't have to play in Boston. According to Sports Illustrated Daisuke Matsuzaka has seven different pitches he can roll out to opposing hitters. Whether or not this report of an effective inflated arsenal, which includes the mysterious gyro-ball, is true remains to be seen. Either way baseball fans should be eager to see just how much talent one-hundred and two million dollars can buy.
Roger Clemens: Will He Stay or Go? - Not only has Clemens remained effective into his mid-40s, he absolutely dominated the National League in his stint with the Houston Astros. It made perfect sense for Roger to continue to play baseball with a team located in his home-state of Texas. But will he continue to play now that he likely has to change locations back to either Boston or New York? Fans of the game should be happy to have a chance to see a true legend playing out the final years of a terrific career.
Cursed Cubs? - Just outs away from the World Series a few seasons ago, the Cubbies have been on a downward spiral ever since Steve Bartman became a household name. Jim Hendry has gone out and made some big moves, however, to change his teams' fortunes. Adding the dynamic Alfonso Soriano and fiery manager Lou Piniella were terrific moves. Remember it only took the Cardinals eighty-three regular season wins to win a title last year. There is no reason why these cursed-Cubs can't do the same in a weak National League.
Dice-K's Seven Pitch Arsenal - Not since Hideo Nomo has one Japanese baseball player had so much hype behind him; and Nomo didn't have to play in Boston. According to Sports Illustrated Daisuke Matsuzaka has seven different pitches he can roll out to opposing hitters. Whether or not this report of an effective inflated arsenal, which includes the mysterious gyro-ball, is true remains to be seen. Either way baseball fans should be eager to see just how much talent one-hundred and two million dollars can buy.
Roger Clemens: Will He Stay or Go? - Not only has Clemens remained effective into his mid-40s, he absolutely dominated the National League in his stint with the Houston Astros. It made perfect sense for Roger to continue to play baseball with a team located in his home-state of Texas. But will he continue to play now that he likely has to change locations back to either Boston or New York? Fans of the game should be happy to have a chance to see a true legend playing out the final years of a terrific career.