Sully Baseball's Fearless Predictions for 2011

I made my Division and World Series picks...And now for a prediction for each team.ANGELS – The most underrated team going into the season. Vernon Wells will rebound, the starting rotation will be the best in the American League. Scott Kazmir is as good as gone, but Matt Palmer steps in to win 13 games in the #4 spot. The Angels will win the Division.ASTROS - The Astros will surprise a lot of

Geoffrey Rush, Kirk Gibson and Terry Pendleton

One foregone conclusion about tonight's Oscars is that Christian Bale is going to win the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Fighter.He's terrific in the film and he does everything you'd expect in an Oscar performance.He is electric when he is on screen, stealing the spotlight from the star (the underrated performance by Mark Wahlberg.)He does an accent. (A flawless Mass-Hole

Managing to Cooperstown - My latest for The Hardball Times

A big league manager will win a World Series this year. But how will that title affect their Hall of Fame resume?For a few it would put them in the conversation. For others it would simply silence some critics. And still others would have a great first credit on their resume.In my latest for The Hardball Times, I look at each big league manager and consider what the 2011 World Championship would

Post Season MVPs versus their past or future teams - Another insane Sully Baseball list

For those of you who read my blog regularly, you know that every once in a while an idle thought would enter my cranium and it would evolve into me doing an elaborate list writing entry here.My entire 800 page Home Grown vs Acquired Series started from the simple question "I wonder if the Red Sox had better luck acquiring players from other teams or developing their own talent."I chronicled how

Kirk Gibson's homer as recreated by RBI Baseball

I have no idea how long it takes to recreate these games with RBI baseball... but I think it was worth every nanosecond.This kind of insanity makes me so happy.