http://www.thebaseballzealot.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:58:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems to me that I'm seeing a lot of articles online in favor of instant replay but I personally know very few baseball fans who like the idea.  Maybe I'm hanging out with wrong crowd.  I share the same sentiments with Scot from Coffeyville Whirlwind ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/baseball-business/on-instant-replay As of 8/27/08, here are the majors' top hitting pitchers (min 25 PA): Carlos Zambrano, Chi   .365 Brandon Backe, Hou   . 302 Micah Owings, Ari   .288 Braden Looper, Stl   .275 Adam Wainwright, Stl   .267 ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/cubs/top-hitting-pitchers On Saturday at the second annual Uncle Joe Cannon's Base Ball Jamboree, I got a couple shots of some of the tee shirts that fans from the visiting vintage base ball teams wear.  Quite creative.  This lady crank (that's the vintage base ball term for ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/vermilion-voles-base-ball/wearing-their-vintage-pride In a new deal between ESPN and MLB Advanced Media, ESPN will have the right to digitally stream baseball games live.   No financial details have been announced and what the impact for us, the fan, will be is still up in the air.  That said, I can assure ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/uncategorized/deal-between-mlb-advanced-media-and-espn-may-help-stream-live-games Saturday, my friend Brando and I went to the Uncle Joe Cannon's Base Ball Jamboree at Danville Stadium.  We saw five hours of glorious (and maybe not so glorious) vintage base ball.  Either way, we had a blast!  It was Brando's first time at a ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/vermilion-voles-base-ball/photos-of-uncle-joe-cannons-base-ball-jamboree Elvis has left the ballpark and he took with him my six game winning streak, which is all gone. Though my streak was only against KC & SEA, it was still a streak, you have to beat the bad teams. It was Elvis night out at the Cell, ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/elvis-has-left-the-ballpark Isn't it ironic that on the day that Ken Griffey Jr ties Sammy Sosa for fifth on the all-time home run list that MLB punishes another former major leaguer named Sosa for performance enhancing drugs?   This one Jorge Sosa, the righthanded pitcher who currently is in the Mariner organization was ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/white-sox/another-mariner-caught Looks like former MLB pitcher Hideki Irabu had a little too much to drink Wednesday night.  Irabu, 39, became angered after his credit card was rejected. He then allegedly pushed the bartender against the wall, pulled his hair and smashed at least nine liquor bottles ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/scandals/the-boo-stands-for-booze It was close but the Cubs beat the Reds today.  It was the first time this season that the Cubs have won a game that Carlos Zambrano has hit a homer.  That's a good trend to buck.  When a friend from work came into my office and informed me the ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/cubs/zambrano-bucks-a-trend Chris Robinson who was a catcher for the University of Illinois and played for Team Canada in this year's Olympics, did a Q&A for the Chicago Tribune.  I was a bit puzzled by the Trib's last question though.  ... http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/univ-of-illinois-baseball/former-illini-robinson-interviewed-by-chicago-trib