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The Drew Spot: The Game of Baseball as I Know It

January 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · The Drew Spot

  The Game of Baseball as I Know It
My lifetime surrounded by steroids
By Andrew Armida, Special FCP Correspondent
Overview

As mentioned previously on FCP, I am 13 years old.  As you can guess, there are many things about baseball that I cannot remember, or I just wasn’t born yet for.  I never saw all-time greats like Hank [...]

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Fungos 12/21

December 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments · fungos

A quick glance at the headlines around the baseball world…

Like I said yesterday, I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the Clemens situation. I do know one thing—the media coverage is out of hand. There really isn’t a story until there is proof one way or the other. If he did do steroids, [...]

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Fungos–11/8

November 8th, 2007 · 4 Comments · fungos

A couple of quick hits for today…

In case you missed it (which you probably didn’t since you are reading this) the Phillies and Astros made a trade of significance. The Phils sent outfielder Michael Bourn, reliever Geoff Geary, and 3B Michael Costanzo to the Astros for Brad Lidge and Eric Bruntlett.  At first glance this looks [...]

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One Game: The Rocket or The Bloody Sock?

November 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Features

If you had to win one game, who would you want on the hill?
by Gary Armida
There was a recent conversation around a dinner table, when a father, a life long Yankee fan from the Mickey Mantle era, said to his 32 year old Yankee fan son, “Now that is how a 40 year old ace [...]

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