Season Analysis

Team Key Departures Key Acquisitions Summary Grade Holbrook Hawks SS Kurt Abbott, 2B Jose Vidro None The Hawks have three aces entering their prime, a couple waiting in the wings, and an elite hitting Carlos Lee to lead the charge back to defend their ’03 championship. As long as the bats around Lee can help […]

Team Key Departures Key Acquisitions Summary Grade Holbrook Hawks SP Bret Saberhagen, SP Jimmy Haynes, CF Eric Burnes, CF Jim Edmonds, SP Victor Zambrano, SS Delino DeShields, 2B Jeff Cirillo, LF Jeffrey Hammonds, 1B Talmadge Nunnari, 1B Wes Helms SS Kurt Abbott The Hawks retooled a bit this offseason to keep the minor league system […]

Office of the Commissioner, Exton, PA, August 6th, 2001. With a quiet deadline, GMs are sticking with their guns and marching into the playoff push with what they started with. Should some teams have been more active? Only time will tell, but here’s an outlook for the rest of the season by division. Aaron Conference […]

Team Key Departures Key Acquisitions Summary Grade Holbrook Hawks LF Jose Canseco, LF Mark Smith, RP Toby Borland, SS Carlos Rodriguez, 1B Rico Brogna, 3B Ed Sprague, 2B Bill Spiers, RP Mike Myers, RP Jay Powell SP Brett Saberhagen, CF Jim Edmonds The tear-down rebuild is nearing completion in Holbrook, but don’t look for them […]

Office of the Commissioner, Exton, PA, November 2nd, 1999. Eden Prairie fans sauntered out of Landsharks Field late Sunday night, disappointed that their season ended without a championship crown. However, the cheers of Palo Alto fans could be heard around the country as they lifted the World Championship Series trophy for the 2nd time in […]

Team Key Departures Key Acquisitions Summary Grade Holbrook Hawks SP David Wells, LF Glenallen Hill, LF Al Martin, C Brad Ausmus, RP Greg Gohr LF Jose Canseco, RP Rheal Cormier, RP Mike Myers, RP Toby Borland, SP Pete Harnisch, SP Roger Pavlik, SP Phil Leftwich, SP Chad Ogea This might be the year the rebuild […]