Morning Line Archives: July 16-22

JULY 16-22

The next two weeks have the baseball season in flux, as we wait to see which teams will trade off key pieces and which ones will beef up before the July 31 trade deadline. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, TheSportsNotebook will run trade-deadline related articles, as we evaluate the merits—or lack thereof—of different rumored trades. Thursday and Friday will feature an overview report on both the American League and National League playoff races, with an emphasis on how teams have played coming out of the All-Star break, then on Sunday we’ll close the week with another trade-related feature.

NASCAR has the week off, as the Sprint Cup drivers have their own version of the All-Star break, but TheSportsNotebook will still have what’s been a regular Saturday morning feature. We’ll look at the race for the playoffs and evaluate how each contending driver has performed over the course of the first 19 races.

In the meantime, please check out TheSportsNotebook’s Historical Museum, where we celebrate fan bases that had notable years with their teams, with coverage on each year from 1976-2007. And take a look at the bookstore as well. I’ve got two historical memoirs—Memories of March Madness and The Last New Year’s, that cover the best of the NCAA Tournament and New Year’s Day college football. And there’s two collections of blog postings available. You can follow the 2011 baseball season from Opening Day to October and The Cardinals’ Gold Ring. And follow last college hoops season from The Carrier To Kentucky.  Everything is available for $3.49 or less and can be downloaded to a Kindle or I-Pad from Amazon.