Finally, the MLB Network has arrived

Finally, the day has come. For about as long as I could remember, I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to have a TV channel dedicated solely to baseball, a sport that I could watch 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Today, the MLB Network officially launches, and there is no one more stoked than I am. OK, maybe I’m embellishing a bit, but you get the point.

Instead of watching re-runs of Fresh Prince of Bell Air at 1 a.m. while writing for CardboardIcons.com or TheBaseballStars.com, I can sit here and re-watch highlights from the games of the day, watch contests that were played decades ago and largely have been withheld from public consumption due to strict copyright laws, or simply just marvel at theme shows highlighting Herculean efforts from our favorite players of all time.

I’ve dreamed of this day for several years. Finally this dream of mine has been fulfilled.

Sabathia and the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry

Look, we at The Baseball Stars are fully aware that the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings are underway. And each of us is paying attention to the moves being made there, and by teams in the weeks prior to the session.

We know about Matt Holliday, Edgar Renteria, and Francisco Rodriguez. We’ve heard the John Smoltz-Boston Red Sox rumors. And we’ve been keeping tabs on the Mark Teixeira situation. But when the Yankees pulled out all stops Wednesday signing CC Sabathia to the richest contract ever offered to a pitcher, we could not sit on our hands any longer.

Fantasy baseball frustration: The Thrill is Gone

It’d be easy for me to sit here and piss and moan about how Justin Verlander’s 7.00 ERA and three losses have disppointed me beyond belief. How it’d made me look at Verlander in disgust. How it’s made me think of trading him to someone for a guy who can help me right now. How Verlander is overrated, as TheJon would say. But truth is I’m not disappointed with Verlander.

LIVE OPENING DAY BLOG

It all started in 1994. That was the 125th anniversary of Major League Baseball and I was psyched. So much so that I’d planned an “illness” (not unlike Ferris Bueller) and stayed home from school to watch the Opening Day festivities. Hey, I was only 13 at the time. Since then I’ve acted like I was sick — mostly faked headaches and stomachaches — but in recent years I’ve just flat out told the boss, ‘Hey, it’s Opening Day,” and used a vacation day. And then last year, when we started this site, I began blogging about it. So without further ado, I bring you Newspaperman’s (like the third-person reference?) 2008 Opening Day Blog.

The Michael Jordan of fantasy baseball …

Move aside Mike, Newspaperman is about to join you in three-peat land. Just when things looked like I was going to enter the season with Travis Hafner and Carlos Zambrano as two of my five keepers in one league, I got a surprising offer this morning from someone looking to dump Carlos Lee and C.C. Sabathia.

Too much fantasy baseball? Maybe

I’m not sure how I get myself into these situations, but here I am again … up to my neck in fantasy baseball. What? Too much fantasy baseball? Yeah, it’s possible.