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CHRIS YOUNG  

With half of the season played, it's time to look at who has been playing the best baseball so far. MVP and Cy Young winners, as well as a World Series pick for each league.

Who are the contenders and who deserves the National League Cy Young award through the first-half of the season.

A preview of Major League Baseball's National League West division for 2008.

Everyone on TV and sports talk radio loves to pontificate about the possible Cy Young and MVP winners in the National and American Leagues and I, predictably, am no different.

The Cy Young Award goes to the best pitcher in each league. Who will win Cy Young in the National League in 2007?

This contains a list of my MVPs, Cy Young Winners and Rookies of the Year in Major League Baseball through the month of May.

national league first half has had some surprises but will they continue their winning pace?

This article outlines my choices for the National League all-star substitutes if I was the manager for the NL all-star team after the starters have been announced. The list is complete with both stats and explanations for why I chose who I did, and also discusses omissions.

This article goes over the MVP, Hank Aaron Award, Cy Young, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, Manager of the Year, Reliever of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

OK Internet people all around the world, here is your chance to have a say in who should win the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of The Year awards in Major League Baseball.

List of blogs dealing with Major League Baseball.

It's always hard predicting how rookies will do, but I'm going to try anyway.

There are plenty of rookies making solid contributions to their teams in 2006. A few are even dominating the entire league, as is the case with Johnathan Papelbon and Francisco Liriano. One thing's for sure: it's going to be a close race to the end.

The DH has more than served its purpose in Major League Baseball. It's time for the DH to go.

If a salary cap is not the answer to all that ails Major League Baseball, how do small market teams remain viable? Better decision-making and value-based decisions; General Managers must maximize the talent and minimize the cost per win.

In 1933, baseball began playing the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the greatest and most anticipated of all the pro sports All-Star affairs each year. This article summarizes those games played from 1933-1939.

A look at the early season surprises in Major League Baseball.

Jake Peavy became the ninth pitcher to win the Cy Young by a unanimous vote since the league started awarding the Cy Young to both leagues. Here is a look at the eight men that did it before Jake Peavy.

Best Pitchers in the NL in April

With one month of play left, who should be taking home this year's Cy Young award in the AL and NL?

Looking for a cheap, fun and safe way to enjoy a summer day; go out to a minor league baseball game. Here are the area's top ballparks and teams for you to go out and see.

Don Newcombe was the only man to be named Rookie of the Year, MVP, and win a Cy Young, but his greatest victory was over alcoholism.

I made many baseball predictions at the beginning of the year. Here are my ten best predictions.

I've covered predictions for everything this year except for MVP. Who will win the National League MVP in 2007?

The National League West was the most competitive division in baseball last year. Who is going to come out on top this season?

Here is what each National League team is missing to make them contenders for the playoffs in 2008.

The National League West has been very competitive for the past couple of years although at times it's been competitive for it's mediocrity but this year I think it will be competitive because there are four good looking teams in this division.

Perhaps the only thing hotter than the weather in the dog days of August is baseball's wild card race in the wide open National League. A look at the teams in the hunt for October.

This is an in-depth look at each National League pennant race plus the wild card race.

Here is the "true" award winners and why. The approach I take is seeing how valuable these players were to their teams. You need to look at more than just the stats in determining these awards.

With so much swirling around Barry Bonds' head, is this division suddenly more competitive? It features arguably the best hitter (Bond), best closer (Gagne), and several of the most complete teams in the league.

Starting 3/3/06-3/20/06 the World Baseball Classic goes beyond the Major Leagues, and includes the best players from 16 of the best baseball playing nations. Like the AllStar game, the WBC won't hold too much importance but it will be an enjoyable watch.

The honor has been given to future Hall of Famers and absolute busts.

The Dodgers got great pitching from an unexpected sourse to win the Series in a year that saw the Yankees falter.

The National League began to dominate the All-Star Game in the Sixties, threatening to make the Midsummer Classic their personel playground.

Ken Griffey, Jr. will be the starting right fielder for the National League

Predictions and Breakdown for the 2008 Major League Baseball Season. This article previews the National League East.

It's that time of the year when the MLB awards are handed out. Dustin Predroia and Ryan Braun are your Rookies of the Year.

A preview of the National League Central for the 2008 Major League Baseball season.

The National League enetered the decade of the Fifities facing a 12-4 disadvantage in the All-Star Game results. By the time the Fifities gave way to the turbulent Sixties, the National League had made up significant ground.

This was written with approx. 1 week left in the Major League Baseball season. It provides examples of events that happened over the past season to help surpass the 2006 MLB attendance mark.

A look back at the 60th Anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Dodgers in Major League Baseball.

It is no secret that the quality of umpiring has declined considerably over the past twenty years. In fact, I would have to say that umpiring in Major League Baseball has become nothing short of atrocious, and not just behind home plate, but in the field as well.

What has happened in Major League Baseball in 1987, and the changes in the game since then.

For the last several years, 750,000 households around the country were in baseball heaven. Thanks to the Major League Baseball "Extra Innings Package," baseball fans could pretty much watch any game, anywhere.

Baseball's Midsummer Classic, the All-Star Game -- where opposing teams made up of National League and American League baseball stars democratically elected by baseball fans -- will be played Tuesday night, July 15 at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Join me as I fill you in on all you need to know to win your office pool in this year's Major League Baseball Playoffs.

Here is a list of Major League Baseball players who were born on Long Island

We’ve heard every argument imaginable for the elimination of steroids in Major League Baseball. But let’s suppose for a moment that steroid usage could have good qualities or for once not actually be the reason for our displeasure with baseball’s current state

The American League won 8 of the 10 All-Star games played during the decade of the Forties, to give then a 12-4 overall advanatge in the series. This article details the key plays of these 9 contests, as the 1945 game was cancelled due to W W II.

A ranking of the five greatest major league hitters in history based on peak performance. When making this list I only considered the best five year stretch of any players career. I wanted to match the best of the best at their best.

The American League began to head in the right direction during the 80s, and continued thier good work at the All-Star Game in the 90s, taking 7 of 10 from the National League.

Lance Berkman is one of the most feared hitters in major league baseball, and in 2006 he hit 45 home runs and set a record for the Houston Astros with 136 runs batted in. He defines success not by his baseball skills, but by his faith, however.

NL domination in the All-Star Game was a fact of life, until the AL began to make progress during the 80s. A grand slam in 1983 got them on the right track.

Gives a player under the age of 25 for each major league baseball position and gives a synopsis of why they are the choice for that position.

It would seem as though Major League Baseball is doing its part to stop steroid use in the game, but that is not so. Creating an investigation only causes more publicity for the sport, and in this insensible society, nothing can be considered bad press.

MLB 2K5 is in my opinion one of the best baseball games I have played for the xbox system. Read on....

The Mitchell Report came out today, giving names of many baseball players who have allegedly used steroids. What effect will it have on you and baseball?

Young pitchers headline the National League with Edinson Volquez, Tim Lincecum, and Cole Hamels, all having All-Star caliber years

If a family wants to have a night of enjoyment outside in the nice weather for a price that won't cost an arm and a leg, people should look at the world of minor league baseball. It is cheap and fun, and it gives people a chance to see future stars.

Who will be the American League MVP, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year and Cy Young in 2008?

Check out baseball facts online. Keep updated or look up old stats on the web. Here are several sites devoted to baseball

If you are a professional baseball fan, there is no doubt that you have been looking to the baseball gods for a new savior, someone to rid the game clean of its sinful performance enhancing past.

Here is a list of 5 Major Leaguers who have caught my eye, roughly 1/3 of the way through the 2006 Major League campaign.

There are some players vital to their team's success in the American League that are struggling early. This article highlights some of these who have not been making the highlights, and the prospects of them rebounding from their April failures.

Since arriving in L.A. in 1958 the pitchers for the Dodgers have pitched 10 no-hitters and won 8 Cy Young Awards, 4 Rookie of the Year Awards and 1 MVP award. Here is a look at the 5 greatest pitchers to ever toe the rubber for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

This years Major League Baseball tries to pick up where MVP Baseball 05 left off, but can it live up to the expectations of baseball fans?

Revenue sharing is keeping teams from reaching their full potential. What major league baseball needs is a salary cap.

LeBron James is MVP; Kevin Durant is Rookie of the Year; Marcus Camby is Defensive Player of the Year; Daniel Gibson is Most Improved Player; Jason Terry is Best Sixth Man; Doc Rivers is Coach of the Year.

The Cape Cod Baseball League continues the tradition of baseball as it was meant to be seen--without high costs for fans and huge paychecks for players.

A handful of ballplayers have recorded songs. Some did it for fun. But for these players, music progressed from a hobby to a second career.

The season is almost over, and a few races are all but decided, but here are the predictions from me.

The midsummer classic may determine home field advantage, but in the '70s Pete Rose and others played with passion simply for the love of the game.

A look at the future stars of tomorrow(and today)of the MLB.

An exciting group of first-timers qualified for the 2006 All-Star Game. The Mets and White Sox have some of the biggest impact players. However, the best statistics belong to Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon and Twins catcher Joe Mauer.

As we approach the middle of August, all I can say is WOW! What a season it's been so far! And best of all, the top history making moments I'm going to discuss first occurred recently between August 4th and 7th.

Tony Conigliaro may have been on his way to a Hall of Fame career when an errant fastball hit him flush in the face in 1967. This is the story of the courage he displayed in coming back to baseball.

Mark Fidrych stood baseball on its ear in 1976, before injuries prematurely ended his career. This article tells about his great 1976 season, when he captured the imagination of the country.

Who will win the 2008 National League MVP, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year and Cy Young?

Welcome back to all of my readers, here is my next NBA installment, just in time for the 2nd round of the playoffs. It is my take on the greatest playoff games of all-time.

Which player deserves the National League MVP award based on his first-half performance.

With two months to go in the baseball season, the NL Cy Young Award race is hot and heated, although if a Cubs' hurler keeps it up, he may kick a certain goat in the chops.

Everyone on TV and sports talk radio loves to pontificate about the possible Cy Young and MVP winners in the National and American Leagues and I, predictably, am no different.

During the first five seasons of his career, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols averaged 40 home runs and 124 RBI. He is having a similar season in 2006 and deserves to win the National League MVP award for the second straight year.

The National League has four players that could be named Most Valuable Player. Which player deserves the award?

A list of candidates and the winner of my NL Cy Young award if the season ended after May.

Eight pitchers have won the Cy Young by a unanimous vote, these are the eight men that did it.

The followwing is a roundtable discussion and preview of Major League Baseball's 2008 National League West race.

Ichiro Suzuki made some comments about Cleveland earlier this season. Now he is going to be $100 million richer and he is the MVP of the All-Star Game. Let's hope the fans of Cleveland give him a nice, warm welcome the next time he returns.

It's time once again for people to choose the end of the year awards in baseball, a lot of people will be voting for Ryan Howard, but he's a few reasons why not to.

Dolph Camilli struck out alot, but he connected enough to become a star, and help the Dodgers win a pennant.

Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles uttered those words about reliever Sparly Lyle when he was replaced by Goose Gossage, and they couldn't be more fitting when it comes to some of the winners of the hallowed ptiching award.

If you're going to win your fantasy baseball league then it is important to draft underrated players before other teams get them.

A preview of the "real" NL All Star team for the 2006 MLB All Star game.

He's 13-3 for a team ten games under .500!

As the 2007 MLB All Star Game approaches one can not avoid questioning some of the selections made by the