Posts Tagged “MLB”

Sherman’s Stance: November 21, 2011

Posted on November 21st, 2011 by jesse.sherman

It’s the end of the MLB awards season and the recipients have been more than deserving of their awards. Find out who won or should win the Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award, and MVP in each league. Plus, the Phillies are making a lot of moves to ensure that [...]

Sherman’s Stance: November 7, 2011

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by jesse.sherman

This week’s show is a recap of the unpredictable 2011 World Series between the Cardinals and the Rangers. Unlikely sources of pitching and offense made this Fall Classic one of the most unforgettable ones in recent history. Plus, it’s the start of the offseason, and there have already been many managerial changes, upper-management changes, trades, [...]

Sherman’s Stance: September 26, 2011

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by jesse.sherman

In this week’s episode, we talk about the 2011 MLB season as a whole, discussing the dominance of Justin Verlander, possible American League MVP candidates, as well as the race that’s heating up in the AL East.

Sherman’s Stance: October 3, 2011

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by jesse.sherman

This week, we recounted the exciting final series of the 2011 regular season. The Rays, Red Sox, Cardinals, and Braves were all fighting for their playoff lives; who clinched the Wild Card spot in their leagues? Plus, October baseball is underway, and each series has gotten off to a great start as the eight playoff [...]

Sherman’s Stance: October 17, 2011

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by jesse.sherman

This week, we talk about the surprising turn of events in the 2011 postseason, discuss the upcoming World Series between the Cardinals and the Rangers, and evaluate the state of the Boston Red Sox as they turn toward the 2012 season.

Cardinals don’t stop believing, cap improbable run to World Series

Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

Champions–The St. Louis Cardinals’ David Freese holds up paper headlining the Cardinals World Series win. The Cardinals came back from a 3-2 deficit to beat the Rangers 6-2 in game seven of the World Series Friday night. Eileen Blass/USA Today Cardinals win 2011 World Series People counted the St. Louis Cardinals out when they were [...]

Losing and out of contention, Cubs fire GM Jim Hendry

Posted on August 20th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

Bartman Curse–The legacy of Steve Bartman lives on, in a negative way, pictured here trying to catch a foul ball in play in game six of the 2003 National League Championship Series. (Photo by AP) Baseball is a very superstitious sport. Whether it’s a curse that trading the Great Bambino to the Yankees in 1918 [...]

Dodgers sellers at trade deadline as rich get richer

Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

Sent Packing–The Dodgers moved veteran shortstop Rafael Furcal (left) to the contending Cardinals while the Phillies acquired All-Star outfielder Hunter Pence (center) and the Giants added slugging outfielder Carlos Beltran to their lineup in the final days before the trade deadline. (Los Angeles Times/US Presswire/Getty Images) The rich got richer (Philadelphia, San Francisco) and the [...]

Tim’s Take on Sports-Week 7: Special Guest David Lopez and the NBA playoff picture

Posted on April 19th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

The seventh segment of Tim’s Take on Sports aired on April 19 and featured a reprise role from former colleague David Lopez. We discussed the opening games of the 2011 NBA playoffs, breaking down the results and discussing the upsets that ensued over the weekend. We also talked baseball, particularly on Carl Crawford’s struggles in [...]

Manny being Manny…not this time

Posted on April 8th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

A tarnished reputation is at best a weak euphemism to describe a career that fell from grace. Manny Ramirez announced he would be retiring from baseball, quite possibly opening up pandora’s box of deceit, betrayal and drugs of the Steroid Era. They say when you hit rock bottom there is nowhere to go but go [...]