2016 MLB Playoff Predictions

Written by Kelly Byrnes Well we made it through another offseason. Today is Opening Day or Monday is, nobody knows anymore. Either way your team will open their season over the next two days and it will be glorious. As of this moment your team is in 1st place, enjoy it while it lasts. All…

2016 MLB Award Predictions

Written by: Kelly Byrnes   As a baseball fan I love reading all the early season MLB award predictions. In 2014 how many “experts” picked Corey Kluber for AL Cy Young, not alot if any. Same goes for Dallas Keuchel last year. So last year we did this and I believe everyone I asked got…

Mariners FanFest Recap 2016

Another year another Mariner’s FanFest for my family. We converged onto Seattle Friday night for the Mariners last caravan event. Once again it was held at Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood. This year Charlie Furbush and new M’s closer Steve Cishek attended the event. I love FanFest and plan attending every year regardless of the lineup…

IBWAA 2016 Hall Fame Ballot

My Hall of Fame votes are in and here’s what I came up with. This year was a little bit tougher than last year. I changed my mind on a couple players from last year. Tough decisions were made and they were tough.   Note: Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza and Tim Raines have already been…

MLB Award Season is Here

By Kelly: I joined the IBWAA just after the 2014 season ended so I didn’t get a chance to vote for last year’s awards. I looked forward to voting all year long and took it very serious. It’s a lot harder than I ever thought it would be. Here’s how I voted……   Relief Pitchers…

NLCS/ALCS Predictions

NLCS: Chicago Cubs (97-65) at New York Mets (90-72) To me we have a matchup of the Cubs young bats against the Mets young arms. Two very hot teams in what should be a well played and well coached series. Usually I lean towards the pitching but I’m not sure any can stop the Cubs…

NLDS/ALDS Predictions

NLDS: New York Mets (90-72) at Los Angeles Dodgers (92-70) Dodgers win!!! That’s all that needs to be said. I bleed blue!!!   NLDS: Chicago Cubs (97-65) at St. Louis Cardinals (100-62) How the Cardinals won 100 games with all the injuries they had this season is amazing. You can’t ever count them out. Even…