NEWS The Marlins have officially announced Don Mattingly as their new manager. He received a 4 year deal. Bud Black had accepted an offer from the Nationals to become their new manager but the two couldn’t reach an agreement. The Nationals reached out to Dusty Baker and they reached an agreement to a multi-year contract.…
So far in my playoff predictions I went 1-1 in the Wild Card games, 3-1 in the Divisional series and missed both Championship series. I had the Mets losing in both the DS and CS. I did pick the Royals to win in the DS but thought the Blue Jays would beat them in the…
Guest post written by Dennis Gronau Fall time is here so that means one thing. It’s World Series time. The Fall Classic of 2015 has the New York Mets vs the Kansas City Royals. At the beginning of the season who would have thought these would be the two teams fighting it out to…
Guest post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. Baseball is in the midst of a great identity crisis. It wants to come across as this modern game that will enthrall and excite the masses. It wants to reach out to a new generation of Americans and to people across the world. However, in order to…
Today starts the 2015 Arizona Fall League season and for the 2nd time in 3 years I will be there. I will be attending 6 games from October 14th to 16th and the Bowman Hitting Challenge on the 17th. In 2013 I saw Kris Bryant, Corey Seager, Stephen Piscotty, Delino DeShields, Marcus Stroman and Jeurys…
AL Wild Card: Astros (Dallas Keuchel) at Yankees (Masahiro Tanaka) At first thought I had the Astros winning but after thinking about it I’m going with the Yankees. Keuchel is a Cy Young contender but he’s pitching on 3 days rest and I’m not sure how often he has done that if ever. Yankees get…
We made it. The biggest Milestone in the history of the 9 Inning Know It All Empire. 1,000,000 views and counting. I can’t believe that it has only been just over 4 years since I started this site just so I could rant about baseball. Since 9 Inning Know It All began so much has…
I got the chance to talk with Taylor Ward, first round pick of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, about his time with team USA and being a part of the Pioneer League All-Star team this year. Like other Team USA alum Ward bring both talent and maturity to the game. He demonstrated is abilities…
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the first ever Northwest League vs Pioneer League All-Star game and got the opportunity to talk with a few guys from each team about not only being named to the All-Star team but also about their baseball career. My first interview was with Joe Gatto a member…
By Josh: It takes something special to wow me when I go to a new stadium. Let’s be honest I get to watch baseball games at one of the best stadiums in all of MLB, Safeco Field. I’ve seen all but one of the stadiums in Phoenix for Spring Training, and I’ve been too quite…
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