Category Archives: Cheap Seat Chronicles

Today is Major League Baseball’s draft, unfortunately the most unheralded of all the professional drafts. There are numerous reasons why this is the case, such as: -Due to the lack of televised games, college and high school baseball players are … Continue reading →

So here we are at the quarter mark of the 2008 season. The time of the season when General Managers take a step back to look at what they’ve assembled. It is now that teams begin to decide whether or … Continue reading →

Every year, I enjoy spending the weekend before baseball starts stowed away on my couch feverishly pounding away at my laptop to write up my omniscient pre-season picks. This year, however, with the season beginning mid-week half-a-world away and then … Continue reading →

It’s a dark day in Minnesota, but a bright future is on the horizon. Tuesday’s trade of ace Johan Santana to the Mets for outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra is being viewed as … Continue reading →

Attention New York and Boston baseball fans…this may come as a rather large shock so please sit down. Are you sitting? Okay…here goes. Baseball does, in fact, exist outside of New York and Boston. I’ll give that just a minute … Continue reading →

I want to believe Roger Clemens. I really do. In my eyes, Clemens is the greatest pitcher who’s ever lived. He’s got seven Cy Young awards, 354 career wins, eleven All-Star game appearances, two World Series rings and countless other … Continue reading →

Day two of the 2007 Winter Meetings were, for the most part, pretty quiet… Well-traveled outfielder Jose Guillen is a Royal for 3 years at $36 million. The Braves and Cubs swapped spare parts. The Yankees decreed they were pulling … Continue reading →

The 2007 Winter Meetings are here and believe it or not—and based on all my ranting, it may be hard to believe—there are people other than Johan Santana on the trade market. So I’m going to use this bloggity-blog to … Continue reading →

Here we are–December 3, 2007. Today the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings open up in Nashville, Tennessee. All eyes—at least initially—will be glued on the Twins. The Twins are dangling perennial Cy Young candidate, team ace and the man who … Continue reading →

I’ve read some very interesting blogs and theories regarding the Twins potential trade of Johan Santana and some completely ludicrous ones as well. Only five teams–the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Dodgers and Angels–can realistically afford to sign Santana long-term…which is … Continue reading →

I guess it’s appropriate that today is, in fact, Thanksgiving because I want to use this opportunity to send a shout-out to one of my favorite baseball players, Torii Hunter. It was reported early this morning that Torii has signed … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year folks. The air is crisp. The leaves are nearly all gone. The lights at your local baseball venue have long been dim. Oh yes, it’s that time of year. No…I’m not talking about Christmas and … Continue reading →

I like a lot of people. I really do. In fact, it takes quite a bit for me to dislike most people. Although, one sure fire way to flip my switch and turn me into a total hater is to … Continue reading →

This is getting a little rough for me. I’m a fan of Peyton Manning, not because he’s an incredible quarterback, but because I think he’s absolutely hilarious in all of his commercials and because of one little line he uttered … Continue reading →