Opinion

In a key moment in tonight's game against the Yankees, Ryan Sweeney came to the plate with runners on first and second and only one out.

The two runners on base were Kurt Suzuki, who hit an infield single, and Rajai Davis, who hit a solid single just under the glove of Cody Ransom.

There was a meeting at the mound for the Yankees with Andy Pettite on the mound, and up to the plate is Sweeney. The very first pitch is nowhere near the strike zone, but Sweeney swings at it for strike one.

The A's pathetic play continues and it is time to make some major changes. It starts with the manager because these plays are all based on him.

Poor baserunning decisions continue to plague the A's. This time it was Kurt Suzuki not paying attention to what was going on and running just on contact on a ball hit directly to Mark Teixeira for an easy double play.

Brewers manager Ken Macha entered this season stating that Jason Kendall would be the starting catcher, but Mike Rivera would get regular work, catching every time Dave Bush would take the mound.

It's time for Macha to amend that declaration and make the catching situation a full platoon position.

Jason Kendall has gotten off to a horribly slow start to the season, both in the batter's box and behind the plate. Kendall is batting only .129 in 10 games, while only slugging .161 with an on-base percentage of .243.

Over the first 12 games of the season the New York Mets compiled a record of 6-6. That means that the Mets are .500, that's not bad for most teams.

For the Mets it apparently is. I don't know the reasoning for that, maybe because they are favored to win their division. 

Whatever it is, "Don't Worry 'Bout It". I say that because all the Mets have to do to get in good shape is at least take two out of three from the St. Louis Cardinals in their upcoming series.

Most of you have seen the following situation at least once at work. There is a lackluster performer, call him Joe, who sometimes meets normal standards of work productivity, and sometimes doesn't. Management gets on his case and gives him a warning, and a second, and a third.

Finally, Joe gets the message and starts to shape up. But management has "had it" with him, and sends him to a subsidiary in the boondocks. On the day he is demoted, he is at least an average performer.

Chien Ming Wang used to be the Yankees' ace. Now it seems more like he's pitching batting practice.

Wang claims that he feels like he's pitching the same as he always has. That may be the problem. Pitchers and hitters don't run in place, they adjust. American League hitters may now be adjusting to Wang, while he isn't adjusting to them.

In the MLB you need starting pitchers to go deep into the game so you don't have to use the bullpen that much. Also you need a good offensive attack. Well the Brewers have the offense, just not the starting pitching.

If you look at last year's pitching we had Ben Sheets and a late trade to acquire stud CC Sabathia. 

As the Atlanta Braves began the 2009 season with a significantly different look than in 2008, I decided to follow suit by changing my Braves apparel.

I decided that I would buy a new Atlanta cap to herald the beginning of a new era for the franchise, and because my massive head had outgrown the last cap.

The Toronto Blue Jays are off to their best start in recent memory, and everyone is trying to figure out why and how.

Is it the young pitching staff coming through? Did Cito Gaston and Gene Tenace get magical wood for the bats? Are they using oversized gloves in the field?

Not really sure those are the answers, and you don't want to be a cynic when cheering for the home team, but the reason the Jays are 10-4 to start the season might have more to do with their opponents than anything else.

Alex Rodriguez will break Barry Bonds’ career home run record—and he won’t need to hit 73 in one year to do it.

If he can play seven more years and average 30 home runs each year (he’s averaged 44 so far), that’s all he’ll need. Even assuming he’ll decline a bit in his 30's, he still looks a good bet to get there.

Keep in mind that from age 33 to 39, Bonds averaged 47 home runs per season. Rodriguez would break his record by averaging 17 fewer over the same period of his career.