Early Season Surprises: The Ugly

You had to know this list was coming.

Early Season Surprises: The Bad

Of course, not all surprises are good ones.  These players and teams have not exactly gotten off to the kind of starts that they were expecting.

Early Season Surprises: The Good

About 10 games into the season, we haven't reached the point where we should be drawing any definitive conclusions (this is the equivalent of Week 1 in the NFL, after all).  But we have seen enough baseball to be at least a little surprised with the performance of some players and teams.   

Milestone

One of the game's elder statesmen reached a milestone statistic yesterday.  Omar Vizquel, the 43 year old third baseman for the White Sox nabbed his 2,800th hit.  

Opening Day(s) Stats

Now that we've got Opening Day(s) out of the way, I thought I'd share some of the stats that jumped out at me.

Thanks to his big fly yesterday, Chone Figgins, is on pace to hit 162 HR's this year.  Ok, I know that's ridiculous but he should at least be able to surpass last year's total of 1.

It's Official: I Am a Phillies Fan

Predictions 2011: Postseason

I'm sure the predictions that I've already made will make me look like an idiot by the end of the year, so I might as well go all the way and give you my postseason picks.

Predictions 2011: NL Individual Awards

Let's get to the NL Awards.

Predictions 2011: AL Individual Awards

There may be no 'I' in team, but that doesn't stop us from handing out individual awards.  Here are my predictions for this year's AL Awards.

Predictions 2011: NL Edition

Now that we've got the Junior circuit out of the way, let's take a look at the NL.