Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Roy Halladay
Today, we continue to take your 2012 Major League Baseball predictions, as we get your thoughts on the National League eastern division.
The Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, Washington Natonals, and New York Mets will battle, in what many consider will be a hotly-contested divisional race
After Seattle and Oakland began the 2012 season with a split of a two-game series in Japan last week, Major League Baseball is ready for all of its teams to begin play this week. Opening Day for the 2012 season is Wednesday, when the world champion St. Louis Cardinals face the new look and newly-named Miami Marlins in the inaugural game at Marlins Park in Miami. Here’s this week’s MLB report:
The Washington Nationals just recently signed third baseman Ryan Zimmerman to a six-year contract extension, worth $100 million.
The 27-year-old Zimmerman is certainly a fine player. He was the fourth-overall pick of the Nationals in the 2005 amateur draft, and one year later, finished runner-up in the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year voting, after batting a
Bobby Valentine is going to be the new manager of the Boston Red Sox.
Valentine, who has been in Japan on business, was scheduled to fly back to Boston late tonight and will be introduced as the Sox manager on Thursday, according to reports.
Valentine has previously managed the Texas Rangers and New York Mets. He also managed for several years in J
Lenny Dykstra is in trouble with the law again.
The former baseball player, who helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series win in 1986, was charged Thursday with two counts of indecent exposure for allegedly exposing himself to women. Dykstra allegedly placed ads over the course of years on Craiglist seeking personal assistants and when candidates would arrive at his home, Dykstra would allegedly expose himself to them.
