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Baseball’s Best of the Worst 2019
Welp! Another great season of Major League Baseball is in the books. Congratulations to the Washington Nationals for their first World Series victory and also for getting their White House visit out of the way so we don’t have to …
Can Nationals Finish Cinderella Story?
The Washington Nationals proved a lot of people wrong by winning the National League pennant the year after losing superstar outfielder Bryce Harper. Their pitching has been superb in the postseason, they’ve experienced better lineup depth and have been hitting …
MLB Playoffs Tale of Two Cities: Astros ascend, Dodgers fall
The Divisional Series and Wild Card games are done. Six teams have been eliminated in the MLB playoffs, leaving four clubs to fight it out for the Championship, although the Cardinals aren’t currently showing much fight against the surging Nationals …
Nationals Used Harper and Ramos Money to Win Now
The Washington Nationals recently shocked the juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers and are now on to the NLCS, which surprised a lot of people. The team even making the playoffs also surprised people due to the losses of Wilson Ramos in …
Postseason Sleeper: How About the Tampa Bay Rays?
This century has seen more wild card teams, as well as more small-market teams, win championships and succeed in the playoffs due to the use of performance analytics, which have changed the way teams manage player development, situational baseball and …
Wild Card Teams Have Fighter’s Chance
In the NFL, NBA and NHL, half the teams make the playoffs. Baseball is different. The regular season ends Sunday, September 29. After 162 games, there are no flukes or impostors. In the National League, Los Angeles and Atlanta have …
Get Younger and Cheaper, Or Die
Every one of the 30 major league GMs understands their charge is to get younger and cheaper, or die a slow death. Which leads to the question why would any team have traded for an aging, overpriced player like Robinson …
Wasting the Talents of Mike Trout – The G.P.O.H.G.
Although some divisions have already been decided, contending teams are fighting it out to determine who makes the playoffs. Prior to the final weeks of the season unfolding, it’s the perfect break in the action and the right time to …
Addition by Subtraction: Mets or Red Sox Will Benefit Most?
So much baseball stuff on the opening Sunday of the NFL season! I felt overwhelmed by what I saw, what had already happened this season and what the future holds. Let’s start with my current pet peeve. Paul Sewald/Luis Avilan …
Do the OPS+ Hip-Hop—It’s All the Rage in MLB
The other night, New York Mets announcers Gary Cohen and Ron Darling discussed the inclusion of the batting average number on the television screen in front of every hitter who steps into the batter’s box … without knowing they were …