Archive for All things Central
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July 5, 2006
NL Central All-Stars
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 1
Twenty words each on the NL Central All-Stars:
Albert Pujols, 1B (STL) - “Starting at first base, having received three point eight bajillion votes, the most of all players, the Cardinals’ Al-berrrrrrt Puuuuu-jollllls!”
Scott Rolen, 3B (STL) - Thanks to David Wright, a reserve player this year despite returning to 2004 form after 2005 season shortened by […]
June 27, 2006
KC Gets Its Whomp On, Too
Posted by Mike | 9:26 pm | Reds | All things Central | Comments: 1
It’s not just Detroit pummeling the National League Central: against Houston, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati, KC is eight for ten.
June 1, 2006
Re-evaluation time
Posted by Bobo Hilario | 9:30 am | Astros | All things Central | Comments: 2
Going into this season all of the predictions about the NL Central included the disclaimer “if Roger Clemens is not on the Astros…” Now the disclaimer is going to read “if Roger Clemens plays as well as he has for the last two years…” That is quite an assumption. Clemens has been the best pitcher […]
May 30, 2006
A Week’s Worth of Predictions
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 2
OK, so I’m going to be out on business again for a week, meaning the time I can devote to updating the site is going to be down to about zero. Since I’ll be gone until the 9th, I’m going to make some predictions on what will happen when I’m four time zones away:
Chicago Cubs- […]
May 22, 2006
Weekend Wrap
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 2
Ten interesting items from this weekend in the NL Central:
10) After 44 games, Pittsburgh is 15 games out of first place. That almost seems like it should be some kind of record, but it’s not, and I don’t even have to check the history books: Kansas City is already 18 back after 41 games. Set […]
May 17, 2006
Division Notes
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 0
Lots of games, lots of news:
Whaaa? The Cubs actually shut out the Nationals last night 4-0, getting all sorts of breaks in the process. Carlos Zambrano threw 8 innings, struck out 8, and didn’t give up a run in a great pitching performance while the Cub lineup looked like a real baseball team for once. […]
May 12, 2006
Team Stat Friday
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 0
The stat day series concludes today with a look at some team stats for the NL Central teams. I have some comments, but the numbers speak for themselves pretty well The places in parentheses are rankings in the NL.
Standings
1) Cincinnati: 23-12
2) St. Louis: 22-13
3) Houston: 20-15
4) Milwaukee: 17-18
5) Chicago: 15-19
6) Pittsburgh: 10-25
The hot starts of […]
May 11, 2006
Stat Thursday
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 0
It’s Stat Thursday here at NL Central, otherwise known as…Thursday, except this time I’m highlighting some numbers. This week’s focus: where do the NL Central players stand among league leaders? I’ll list the top 5 NL Centralites and their place in the standings:
Home Runs
1) Albert Pujols (STL) - 18
2) Carlos Lee (MIL) - 15
4) Adam […]
May 9, 2006
Linkin’ Logs
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 0
Yeah…sorry about that title. Sorry about this post, too, as it’s heavy on the links and light on the commentary. I’ll do my best to come back with something awesome tomorrow.
Ben Sheets missed a start on Sunday due to stiffness that’s supposedly unrelated to his previous shoulder problems. The DL is a possibility, if only […]
May 3, 2006
Division Notes
Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | All things Central | Comments: 0
The game of baseball is much better when there are no distractions from the game itself: no cheating, no bending of the rules, and no foul play to distract from the game itself. However, the occasional fight is still pretty awesome. Anyway, not much about any one of yesterday’s games struck me as so interesting […]