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Manny Ramirez Struggling At Triple-A, Not Ready For Promotion to Oakland A’s Roster

At 40 years old, Manny Ramirezseems more like the aging superstar that he truly is than the once feared hitter he had previously become.  Ramirez ranks 14th all-time with 555 home runs in his career,…Read More

Minnesota Twins Place Carl Pavano on the DL, Activate Nick Blackburn

Veteran righty Carl Pavanohas been placed on the 15-day disabled list.  The Twins made the move before Monday night’s game and activated Nick Blackburn.  Pavano’s diagnosis is listed as…Read More

Radical Baseball: Free Substitution

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 Free Substitution Free substitution means that a player may leave the game and return later. Pretty basic. Football and basketball have it. Why not baseball? Just because they…Read More

Radical Baseball: Start the count at 3-2.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 If I could change only one rule … Start the count on 3-2 and limit the batter to three swings… 1. Each AB would be a maximum of three pitches. 2. There would be…Read More

Radical Baseball: Fans are too far away.

Football has midfield; the best seats are on the 50 yard line. Basketball’s best seats are at center court . Baseball’s best seats are behind the dugouts. Most people would agree.  Here’s…Read More

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Brett Lawrie Suspended Four Games By MLB

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was suspended four games by Major League Baseball for his…Read More

Radical Baseball: Catcher? We don’t need no stinking catcher!

Take a deep breath and try to not dismiss this out of hand.  You are about to enter deep Radical Baseball,…Read More

MLB Game Recaps: Dodgers Tops in All of Baseball

The detractors will say, “who have they played?”  Maybe they’d be right, but the Dodgers…Read More

Series of the Week: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers

As we move closer to the end of April, we’re starting to see which teams are emerging as the ones…Read More

Radical Baseball: MLB Depraved and Indifferent.

April 7 Hiroki Kuroda made his Yankee debut.  He didn’t pitch very well but the significant…Read More

Radical Baseball: An Introduction

My name is Kenneth Matinale.  I have been writing my Radical Baseball blog since 2008.  Here is the…Read More

2012 MLB Team Salaries

With the end of another offseason upon us, USA Today has once again posted team salaries for each and…Read More

Why Johan Santana’s Impact In 2012 Will Be Significant

  While Johan Santana looked very sharp in his six-inning performance against the Cardinals this…Read More

Five Young Players Ready For The Limelight

I read a great article on MLB.com this week, and it touched on why baseball is so unique from any of…Read More

Jorge Soler Rumors: Orioles Staying Quiet; Red Sox Interest Increases

It has been tough to gauge the interest of all the aforementioned eight MLB teams have on Jorge Soler…Read More

A Tale Of Two Collapses

Last September was one of the most exciting pennant races I’ve ever seen since I’ve been following…Read More

Buster Posey Gets Back On The Field; Told Not To Block Plate

It was a lovely sight for Giants fans to see Buster Posey participate in baseball activities over the…Read More

Why The Phillies Shouldn’t Have Signed Jonathan Papelbon

Ever since the Philadelphia Phillies took their four-year contract offer off the table from incumbent…Read More

A Hypothesis on Free Agency

This is not a new theory necessarily, but a reminder.  It’s easy to look at the movement of players…Read More

Which Managers Are On The Hot Seat In 2012?

I read a great article this week on MLB.com which ranked the top five managers in both the National League…Read More