2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL East – New York Yankees
March 31, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
NY Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira New York Yankees (2010 record: 95-67) The Yankees entered the off-season expecting to sign LHP Cliff Lee to a lucrative deal, but a funny thing happened on the way to the ballpark – the Philadelphia Phillies signed Lee out from under their nose at the eleventh hour. Hey, turn about […]
2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL Central – Cleveland Indians
March 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Indians CF Grady Sizemore Cleveland Indians (2010 record: 69-93) If there is little reason to buy a ticket in Houston, there is even less reason to buy a ticket in Cleveland. The Indians did very little this winter in terms of improving the roster… and since everyone else in the division is as good or […]
2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL West – Seattle Mariners
March 23, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Staff ace, Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners (2010 record: 61-101) Many pundits believed the Mariners could win the American League West last season – I am numbered among those people. The joke was on us. Instead of making a run at the Angels and the Rangers, the Mariners turned in one of the more disappointing efforts […]
2011 Pre-Season Preview: NL West – San Francisco Giants
March 10, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
2010 NL Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey San Francisco Giants (2010 record: 92-70) Notable additions: SS Miguel Tejada Notable subtractions: SS Edgar Renteria, INF Juan Uribe The offense: Catcher: Buster Posey Infield: Aubrey Huff (1B), Freddie Sanchez (2B), Miguel Tejada (SS) and Pablo Sandoval (3B) Outfield: Mark DeRosa (LF), Andres Torres (CF), Cody Ross […]
PureSim Baseball 3 Smacks a Hard Double to the Gap
July 31, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
I was recently contacted by the folks at Wolverine Studios and asked if I wanted to take a look at PureSim Baseball 3, the latest version of the PureSim Baseball franchise. I’ve been playing baseball simulations since 1985 when I stumbled across MicroLeague Baseball in my Street & Smith’s season preview magazine, so I was […]