Brooks Robinson

(Photo Courtesy Sports Illustrated) October baseball leaves indelible images in the mind. Close your eyes, let the brisk air fill your lungs and think about the Fall Classic. Let your mind wander around the chill of the emerald diamond. Who do you see? Does short term memory take over and flood your thoughts of Albert Pujols going deep three times as he just did tonight? Or do you harken deeper into the past? Kirk Gibson? Mickey Mantle? Joe Carter? Mr. October himself, Reg-gie Reg-gie Reg-gie Jackson? Power is a part of the picture certainly, but it is defense that often [...]

Lyle Spencer, the mlb.com reporter for the Angels, has a blog post up discussing the comparisons people are making when it comes to Brandon Wood. Apparently, many “fans and insiders” keep comparing him to Dallas McPherson, and Mr. Spencer believes Troy Glaus is the more appropriate comparison. Why we’re comparing either of them to a person with only 236 PA in his major league career is beyond me, but let’s go with it for the moment. Comparing Glaus and Wood physically, as Spencer does in his post, seems a bit of a stretch to me. While Glaus is only two [...]