Adopting a Baseball Team

By: William Earl Robinson   As many people who are reading this page, many can probably empathize with me as I am getting ready to move again. Now, I’m no stranger to moving. This has been the fourth time that I have moved in my life, but this time is a bit different. This time…

2016 Awards and More Predictions

By Josh So the other day I put out my predictions for the playoffs but today I wanted to have some fun and not only pick my award winners for the year but also give you some predictions of what I think will happen this year. Especially after Mike Carter wrote a great post on 9…

2016 Playoff Predictions (Josh)

By Josh: I’ve been thinking quite a bit (probably too much) about who I was going to pick this season to make the playoffs, win MVPs, Cy Youngs and more. I have to admit this season’s picks came much harder to me than the past couple years and I think the reason is simply because…

For the Love of Spring Training

By: Mike Carter Baseball. I don’t recall a time in my life without it. The beauty, the majesty, all of it. Pitchers and catchers report in less than a week. I barely noticed that today is a gray Monday; I’m too busy thinking about what outfielder the White Sox can get to lend some hope…

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…

Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 21-27

I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year right around the corner Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 18th. Most teams still have a lot of work. January and February is when teams add depth and many important pieces. Here’s to your team adding the player that puts…

Winter Meetings Wednesday Recap

NEWS This year’s winner of the 40th Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting is Graham McNamee. He called the World Series each year from 1923-34 and the first 4 All-Star games from 1933-36. MLB has recommended for all 30 teams to install netting out to the dugouts to prevent fans from getting…

Winter Meetings Sunday and Monday Recap

NEWS Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will be the new senior Advisor to the Commissioner Rob Manfred on Youth Programs and Outreach. Armando Galarraga has retired from the MLB. He played 6 years with 4 different teams. He is most famous for his Imperfect Game. He is at the Winter Meetings interviewing for a…