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Bernie Pleskoff
RotoWire Blog Posts
- it's Time To Start Thinking About Baseball January 4, 2013
- Hot Stove Thoughts-Royals-Rays Deal December 12, 2012
- Hot Stove Thoughts-Reds, Dbacks, Indians deal December 12, 2012
- Bernie On The Scene-At the All Star Game July 10, 2012
- Bernie On The Scene-At The Futures Game July 8, 2012
- At The Quarter Pole Of The Marathon May 18, 2012
- Reflections On A Sunday April 15, 2012
- On The Scene-Observing Yoenis Cespedes March 13, 2012
- On The Scene-Watching Yu Darvish March 7, 2012
- Braun Decision And More February 24, 2012
- Camps Are Open February 20, 2012
- Spring Training Begins In Two Weeks-I'm Ready February 8, 2012
- Prince and Other Matters January 25, 2012
- Lets Make A Deal Edition January 21, 2012
- News and Notes on The Baseball Front January 6, 2012
- Padres Acquire A Major Bat January 1, 2012
- Calm Ahead of the Storm? December 28, 2011
- If I'm A Reds Fan-I'm In Shock Today December 17, 2011
- What's Cooking On The Ol Hot Stove December 12, 2011
- Baseball Trade Updates-Wednesday December 7, 2011
- Marlins Reel in Mark Buehrle December 7, 2011
- The Jose Reyes Era Begins In Miami December 7, 2011
- Ron Santo Elected To Hall Of Fame December 5, 2011
- Winter Meetings Off And Running December 5, 2011
- Turn On The Stove And Let It Heat Up November 7, 2011
- Playoff Baseball At Its Best October 8, 2011
- On The Scene-At the Dbacks Playoff Game October 5, 2011
- Live From Chase Field September 19, 2011
- Labor Day Notebook September 5, 2011
- Arizona Fall League Announces Roster August 30, 2011
- Crucial Home Stand for Diamondbacks August 26, 2011
- Getting Ready For The Bell Lap August 22, 2011
- Random Baseball Thoughts August 16, 2011
- Looking Back At The Trade Frenzy August 6, 2011
- Random Thoughts on Losing Ugly July 26, 2011
- A Great Game Deserves Great Races July 18, 2011
- Bernie On The Scene-The All Star Game July 12, 2011
- On The Scene At All Star Week July 12, 2011
- Halfway Home July 5, 2011
- Is It Tuesday Already? June 28, 2011
- Things Are Heating Up June 21, 2011
- Tuesday Night At Chase Field June 14, 2011
- Some Thoughts on Thursday June 9, 2011
- It's Not Early Anymore June 5, 2011
- Of Fish and DBacks And Other Matters Of The Day June 1, 2011
- The First Year Player Draft-Some Preview Thoughts May 28, 2011
- Tuesday Morning Afterthoughts May 24, 2011
- Friday Morning Edition May 20, 2011
- Tuesday Night Edition May 17, 2011
- Friday Night Edition May 13, 2011
- Reflections On A Monday May 9, 2011
- Friday Night Baseball Notes May 6, 2011
- So Much To Celebrate May 2, 2011
- MLB Results Returning To Normal April 25, 2011
- The Changing Game Of Baseball April 19, 2011
- Sunday Night Weekend Wrap Up April 17, 2011
- Friday Night Baseball Thoughts April 15, 2011
- Early Morning Baseball Thoughts-Tuesday April 12, 2011
- A Cold And Rainy Night At Chase Field April 9, 2011
- Checking In On Tuesday Night April 5, 2011
- Opening With Drama April 1, 2011
- Spring Training Notebook #6- Cactus League Final Edition March 29, 2011
- Spring Training Notebook #5 March 25, 2011
- Spring Training Notebook #4 March 18, 2011
- Chris Carter Has Some Kind Of Power March 14, 2011
- Spring Training Notebook-Week #3 March 12, 2011
- SPRING TRAINING NOTEBOOK-WEEK #2 March 5, 2011
- Spring Training Notebook-Week #1 February 27, 2011
- Camps Are Open-Here's What I'll Be Watching February 16, 2011
- One Week Until Spring Training Begins February 9, 2011
- Bats and Balls Are On The Way February 3, 2011
- Two Weeks and a Few Days Until Spring Training January 28, 2011
- Spring Training is Only A Month Away January 14, 2011
- Zack Grienke To The Brewers December 19, 2010
- Crawford To The Red Sox Shocks Winter Meetings December 9, 2010
- Baseball Winter Meetings-Wednesday Afternoon December 8, 2010
- Winter Meetings-Wednesday Morning Edition December 8, 2010
- Baseball Winter Meetings-Tuesday Evening Edition December 7, 2010
- Baseball Winter Meetings-Afternoon Edition December 7, 2010
- Baseball Winter Meetings-Tuesday Morning December 7, 2010
- On Location at Baseball's Winter Meetings December 6, 2010
- I Don't Blame Jayson Werth December 5, 2010
- Leftovers? Fall League Leftovers To Dish Up November 30, 2010
- Throwing Some Wood On The Hot Stove November 19, 2010
- My Private Conversation With Bryce Harper October 23, 2010
- End of Season Thoughts October 3, 2010
- Now It's A Sprint Not A Marathon August 30, 2010
- A Rough Night For Pitchers-And Me August 11, 2010
- There Goes Jhonnnnnny July 28, 2010
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly July 18, 2010
- Thoughts At The Break July 14, 2010
- Cliff Lee to the ...Rangers July 9, 2010
- Cliff Lee to the Yankees? July 9, 2010
- Venting-Is It An All Star Game? July 7, 2010
- Just Talking To Myself About Baseball July 1, 2010
- The Indians Have Totally Mismanaged Matt LaPorta June 27, 2010
- Stephen Strasburg- NL All Star? June 23, 2010
- Friday Night Thoughts June 18, 2010
- What A Great Weekend For Baseball June 14, 2010
- The Carlos Santana Era Begins June 11, 2010
- Introducing The Next Crop Of Stars June 10, 2010
- Thursday Notes on Baseball May 13, 2010
- Friday Night Lights May 7, 2010
- Just Catching Up On Baseball This Week April 30, 2010
- What A Week For Sports Fans April 24, 2010
- Two Weeks In The Books-What Have We Learned? April 18, 2010
- Thoughts About Week One April 11, 2010
- Cactus League Venues-Baseball In Paradise March 30, 2010
- The Next Generation Of Great Pitchers March 22, 2010
- Johnny Damon Lands in Detroit February 21, 2010
- Russell Branyan Signs With Indians February 19, 2010
- Here Are Some NL Guys On My Radar Screen January 21, 2010
- These AL Guys Are On My Radar Screen January 20, 2010
- Lots Of Interesting News On This Off-Season Thursday January 14, 2010
- Mark McGwire, Aroldis Chapman and Thoughts On A Busy Monday January 11, 2010
- Red Sox Get Their Man To Play 3B January 6, 2010
- Thank You and Happy New Year! December 31, 2009
- Adding Javier Vazquez Huge For Yankees December 30, 2009
- Jason Bay To Sign With The Mets December 29, 2009
- Baseball's Landscape Is Getting Even More Interesting December 15, 2009
- Sorry-No Contract For You December 13, 2009
- Winter Meetings Wind Down-Thursday in Indy December 10, 2009
- Cleveland Indians Get More Bad Injury News December 9, 2009
- Winter Meetings-Wednesday Mid-Day December 9, 2009
- Winter Meetings-Tuesday Blockbuster December 8, 2009
- Winter Meetings-Early Monday Evening Thoughts December 7, 2009
- Baseball's Winter Meetings Set To Begin December 6, 2009
- Is Anything Cooking on the Ol Hot Stove? December 2, 2009
- Yankees Vs. Phillies-A Great Series--See My Point? October 28, 2009
- Manny Acta Hired By Indians October 25, 2009
- Playoff Previews-Philadelphia Phillies October 8, 2009
- Playoff Previews-Los Angeles Dodgers October 8, 2009
- Playoff Previews-St. Louis Cardinals October 8, 2009
- Playoff Previews-Colorado Rockies October 7, 2009
- PLayoff Previews-Minnesota Twins October 7, 2009
- Playoff Previews-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim October 6, 2009
- Playoff Previews-Boston Red Sox October 4, 2009
- Playoff Previews-New York Yankees October 3, 2009
- Some Thoughts About Eric Wedge October 1, 2009
- Yankees Earn Home Field in AL Playoffs September 28, 2009
- Now It's A Sprint To The Finish Line September 26, 2009
- It's Been Quite A Week In Baseball September 24, 2009
- Milton Bradley Is Suspended And Other Matters Of The Day September 20, 2009
- The Designated Hitter-Changing Of The Role September 19, 2009
- And Down The Stretch They Come September 17, 2009
- Baseball Keeper Prospects - Hold Em or Fold Em? September 12, 2009
- A Lazy Sunday Afternoon- And I'm Still Thinking About Baseball September 6, 2009
- Hats Off To These NL Players-They Don't Get Much Recognition September 4, 2009
- A Tip Of My Big Straw Hat To These AL Players September 3, 2009
- Sean Rodriguez is Player To Be Named Later to Rays for Kazmir September 1, 2009
- Contreras To Rockies, Mulvey To Diamondbacks in More Moves September 1, 2009
- Feeling The Heat-Dodgers Make Late Moves September 1, 2009
- Some Thoughts About The Baseball Headlines and Other Things August 29, 2009
- The Dog Days Of Summer August 26, 2009
- Arizona Fall League Rosters Announced-Loaded With Talent August 25, 2009
- Catching Up On The Week In Baseball August 23, 2009
- 2009 Fantasy Baseball Busts - Can They Come Back In 2010? August 22, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 10: The MLB Draft - Is it Broken? August 18, 2009
- Stephen Strasburg signs with Washington August 17, 2009
- The Baseball Draft Clock Is Ticking - Stephen Strasburg Is Not Alone August 16, 2009
- Baseball Thoughts on a Hot Summer Night August 15, 2009
- You'll Need A New Scorecard in Milwaukee August 12, 2009
- Random Thoughts As Another Baseball Week Begins August 10, 2009
- Transition in Baseball Continues-Smoltz, Giambi Released, Pavano Traded August 7, 2009
- Mark Prior Cut by Padres and Other Tidbits August 5, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 9: Does Baseball Need A Salary Cap? August 2, 2009
- Victor Martinez Now A Member Of Red Sox Nation July 31, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 8: Does the Cycle of Wait Until Next Year Prevail Forever? July 30, 2009
- Cliff Lee to the Phillies-Some Preliminary Thoughts July 29, 2009
- Garko to Giants-Indians Add More Pitching July 28, 2009
- Thoughts About The Matt Holliday Trade-Albert Pujols Probably the Biggest Winner July 25, 2009
- Pirates Trade Adam LaRoche To Red Sox For Two Minor League Players-Any Significance? July 22, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 7: Factors That Could Impact the NL Pennant Races July 21, 2009
- Mets Reportedly Turn Down Offer For Halladay July 20, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 6: Factors That Could Impact the AL Pennant Races July 18, 2009
- Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 5: Watching The Cleveland Indians Implode July 14, 2009
- What Did The Mariners Get For Yuniesky Betancourt? July 11, 2009
- What I Heard And Saw At The Ballgame Last Night-Trade Rumors And Inept Play July 10, 2009
- The View From Under The Big Straw Hat - No. 4: The Designated Hitter Rule July 9, 2009
- You're The GM-Would You Make That Trade? July 6, 2009
- View From Under the Straw Hat - No. 3 (If I Were MLB Commissioner) July 3, 2009
- Under the Big Straw Hat - No. 2 June 30, 2009
- The View from Under the Big Straw Hat June 26, 2009