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…
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…
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…
Guest post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. Another opportunity is here for Hall of Fame voters to cast their ballot for the Hall of Fame and another year is going to go by where they ignore a candidate who I think should be an easy choice for the Hall of Fame. That candidate…
By Josh: The moment that the Hall of Fame officially announced the newest list of eligible players a debate has come out as to whether or not Ken Griffey Jr should be the first ever unanimous decision into the Hall of Fame. Honestly it is crazy to me that there hasn’t been a unanimous decision…
GOLD GLOVES American League C Salvador Perez (3rd), 1B Eric Homer (3rd), 2B Jose Altuve (1st), 3B Manny Machado (2nd), SS Alcides Escobar (1st), LF Yoenis Cespedes (1st), CF Kevin Kiermaier (1st), RF Kole Calhoun (1st), P Dallas Keuchel (2nd) National League C Yadier Molina (8th), 1B Paul Goldschmidt (2nd), 2B Dee Gordon (1st), 3B…
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…
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