http://smithbaseball.com Baseball and beyond with Matt Smith Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:46:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can plainly see, I was a bit off in my predictions this year. Not too many folks picked the Phillies to win their division as well as the Rays. I would assume the only people who picked the Rays to win that division live in Tampa. Regardless of ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=43 It has been awhile since I have posted anything to smithbaseball.com. My sincerest apologies to you and my cousin. I am a busy man. I have a job that requires me to wake at 5am and I arrive home around 5pm. I have a son who is almost 3 years ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=42 In 2007, 10 Major League Baseball teams saw more than 3 million fans click through the gates. The New York Yankees led attendance with more than 4 million for the year while 9 other clubs were well over the 3 million mark. The approximate overall attendance throughout Major League Baseball ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=38 The Detroit Tigers. 0-5. The only club in baseball that has yet to record a win. Entering the season, this team had high expectations. Let's crunch some numbers from the 2007 season to put this in perspective: Curtis Granderson- Became the 3rd player in MLB history to record at least 20 ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=32 There was always a game to be played, regardless of the weather. Snowing? Let's play football. Raining? Let's play football. Sunny? Go get your glove. In the house where I was raised, I had the privilege of having two brothers. I was the middle child. It was always all about baseball. ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=31 What an eventful day. It was like seeing all my friends for the first time in 4 months. It was like waking from hibernation and saying "Hey, look, Magglio Ordonez has long hair again!" So many big-time trades happened this off season it seemed that every game I watched there ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=30 Well, we have arrived - almost. At the time of this post, we are 23 hours away from the "real" first pitch. Boston and Oakland have already played 2 regular season games but to be honest, they didn't even feel like regular season games. They were played on a different ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=23 As I sit here at my desk and type these words into my blog, I can't help but wonder - Where does this all come from? The consistent ideas, the never-ending words that come to my mind. When I sat down, I did not know every single word that I ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=22 Everything you need to get ready for summer. As you get closer you begin to feel the energy. The crowd gradually starts to get thicker. You begin to smell the aromas. Roasted peanuts, popcorn, garlic fries and caramel corn. You hand your ticket to the ticket agent and click through the gates. ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=21 1. The roar is louder than ever in mo-town: The Tigers should attract plenty of attention around the league this year. With Dave Dombrowski making some very key moves this offseason with the addition of Miguel Cabrera, Edgar Rentaria and Jacque Jones to an already potent line-up that finished third in ... http://smithbaseball.com/?p=9