Baseball

Look, I’ve sat back and watched this Yankee team play baseball this year, and I can just tell you – these guys don’t have it. Whatever it is, they don’t have it. There are too many hired mercenaries who care only about the money. They lack the fire and motivation to go out there every… Read more

By Mike Dietrich  Welcome back to our weekly fantasy baseball article.  In this space each week we will offer some players that are probably unavailable in your league and could be useful going forward as well as who is hot/not.   Here are my favorite pickups for the week; Joakim Soria KC– He is the closer… Read more

By Mike Dietrich  Welcome back to our weekly fantasy baseball article on www.jetnation.com.  In this space each week we will offer some players that are probably unavailable in your league and could be useful going forward.  Here are my favorite pickups for the week. Travis Buck – He is now the everyday player for the… Read more

By Mike Dietrich Here are a bunch of players that will be available in the last few rounds of the draft and will out perform players taken much earlier. Conor Jackson 1B– He will hit in the middle of a very good young lineup and should make a power jump from 15-80 to 25-100. Ryan… Read more

By Mike Dietrich Hello All and welcome to the second part of Rookies to watch.  Today we will cover the American League. New York Yankees Even though Igawa is a rookie and should win 12 games, Philip Hughes is the guy and warrants stashing him until the soon to be Carl Pavano injury. Boston Red… Read more

JetNation had the opportunity to interview Michael Morrissey from the NY Post.  His recently released book, “The Pride and the Pressure“ captures the essence of what it’s really like to be a Yankee in the present day, dissecting the most renowned, successful sports team in a comprehensive and riveting fashion. For all of the devotion spent… Read more

Fantasy Baseball with Mike Dietrich Hello all and welcome to the 3rd installment of our fantasy baseball column.  This week  we will review NL rookies to watch out for this year. New York Mets Mike Pelfrey is having a nice spring and will be a SP it is just a matter of when and not… Read more

By Mike Dietrich  Hello and welcome to the second part of players to watch in Spring Training.  Today we will cover the American League. New York Yankees They have most positions filled up and you want to stay away from that ugly platoon at 1st base but I would keep an eye on Igawa to… Read more

By Mike Dietrich Welcome to the first installment of the JetNation fantasy baseball column.  I have been playing this for over 20 years and would like to share my knowledge and experience with everyone at JetNation.  In our first article we will review the players to watch for each National League team in spring training… Read more

Baseball fans the postseason is here and the final grades are in for the Yankees and the Mets.  Click here to read see the Yankees report card — — Click here to see the Mets report card… Read more

2006 MLB PLAYOFFS – AL DIVISIONAL SERIES by Patrick Stanton Oakland A’s vs. Minnesota Twins Offense: Neither team exactly set fire to the offensive statistic books this season, but when you have such weapons as Frank Thomas, Nick Swisher, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau in your arsenal, statistics become a moot point. As both teams have… Read more