Top Five Sports Cities in the US
As multiple sports continue to expand their leagues in the US, more and more cities have multiple sports to enjoy. It gives the residents (and people across the world) multiple teams to root for. The success of the sports teams not only is an economic booster, but also bring together a whole city that roots…
NL West Preview: Breaking Down the Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West. The NL West was the host of two teams winning at least 106 games a season ago. Something that is just unheard of. A team disappointed mightily but is very capable of rebounding back to contention in 2022. The other two, well, they are just kind of there. Let’s break down…
NL East Preview: World Series Champs Have Some Competition
Taking the division previews to the National League, what a better place to start than the NL East. The NL East gave us the World Series Champion Atlanta Braves last season, who had a big second half to propel them to the division title. It was a strange division that saw a few different leaders…
NL Central Preview: Battle of the Brewers and Cardinals
For the past several years or so the NL Central has been one of the most competitive divisions in baseball. That may no longer be the case. This division appears to have two teams that are a cut ahead of the rest and may just boil down to who can outlast the other. The remaining…
AL West Preview: Is Seattle Houston’s Only Threat?
The AL West has been the Astros division in recent years. The Astros have won the AL West four of the last five years, with the Athletics stealing one. 2021 saw a surprise season out of Seattle and another fairly good season from Oakland. The Angels floated around .500 and Texas was one of the…
AL Central Preview: Can Anyone Challenge Chicago?
A division not as strong as the AL East, the AL Central was once one of the league’s strongest divisions just a few years ago. It is now a division that may have a runaway leader, but you may not want to write off a few of the other teams just yet. It features a…
AL East Preview: Looking at the Best Division in Baseball
https://twitter.com/Steve_Perrault/status/1507915785313914881?s=20&t=FFp6nwAKqNtQaRIma641nw Baseball is upon us. Opening day is here and it is hard to believe after the doubt and news-filled offseason that we actually made it. With baseball here, I wanted to take a deep dive into some divisions around the league. And where is a better place to start than the best division in…
How the Big Four Leagues differ in Popularity and History
Each continent or country has specific sports that represent them and the cultural landscape of the region. In North America, the four sports leagues that are more popular are referred to as the “Big Four” and are considered the highest level you can reach in the respective sports. The Big Four leagues are Major League…
Pujols Is Heading Home, Reunites with Cardinals
https://twitter.com/katiejwoo/status/1508297046242988032?s=20&t=ORZwB_a84QABjzbNHlkg4Q What every baseball fan wanted has come to fruition. Early Monday morning, it was confirmed that Albert Pujols is signing a one year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. The new universal designated hitter can be to thank, as the 42 year old does not have to play the field for the NL ball…
The Last Two Premier Shortstop Dominoes Have Fallen in MLB Free Agency
The big allure of this year’s free agent class was that it possessed some of the game’s most exciting shortstops. Guys like Corey Seager, Javy Baez, Carlos Correa, and Trevor Story would have their first shot on the open market to get their big paydays. There was a stir around the league of how much…
The Top Remaining MLB Free Agents of the “Extended Offseason”
Rejoice! Baseball is officially back. Free agency officially opened late Thursday night when the deal was officially finalized. So now we get to return to our regularly scheduled programming. This year’s MLB free agent class was supposed to be a really fun one. It was a class featuring some of the game’s biggest names and…
Shocker! No New MLB CBA, No Opening Day Baseball
Sigh. The MLB Players Association and MLB owners group met for consecutive days in Florida and were unable to come to a new collective bargaining agreement. The original deadline was set at February 28th. After constant deliberating from both sides and meeting of the minds a total of 13 times on just Sunday alone, the…
Those Who Can Do, Teach: Athletes Turned Coaches
Athletes spend their whole lives dedicating themselves to their craft. It consumes all their time to the point that they may not consider other options outside of sports. Because of this, a lot of athletes choose to stay within the sports world. From front office jobs in organizations to player consultants and even coaching and…
The Lockout’s Negative Implications Thanks to the Owners
Every baseball fan knew a lockout was coming after the 2021 MLB season. The collective bargaining agreement was due up and there were things that each side wanted to be addressed. Baseball has not had a lockout since 1990. In 1990 they only had to delay games by a week at the start of the…
Just How Much Money Does Juan Soto Get?
In the wasteland of MLB news thanks to the lockout that seems to not have a close end in sight we finally have got something of note. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Juan Soto has declined a 13 year/$350 million extension with the Washington National before the lockout started. The young phenom just turned 23…
Jon Lester: Appreciating a Legendary Pitcher
Last week the 16 year MLB veteran officially announced he is retiring from baseball. Jon Lester spent his first 9 seasons in Boston winning the World Series in 2007 and 2013. He had a short stint in Oakland before signing with Cubs and helping them win the World Series in 2016. He remained in Chicago…
Deeper Look at 2022 MLB Hall of Fame Election
The MLB Hall of Fame election is always under scrutiny and is more than ever after last year saw zero inductions to Cooperstown for the first time since 1960. With such a weak ballot last year it seemed like fate for controversial Hall of Fame candidates Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens to get in, but…
A 2021 World Series Preview
Well, baseball fans, we have finally made it. The Fall Classic is finally here. The Atlanta Braves are a bit of a surprise NL Champion, as the controversial Houston Astros were crowned champions of the AL. Who would have thought that this Braves team would be here after all they had gone through this season?…
The Seattle Mariners were good this year. It’s time for them to be great.
The Seattle mariners had quite the year. They overachieved by nearly every statistical metric and outperformed their preseason projected win total by nearly 20 games. They ended up going 90-72 and were playing meaningful baseball until the final day. That is not something that can be said of most of the past 20 Mariner teams….
Let’s Get Wild: A Look at the MLB Wild Card Games
The 2021 regular season has finally concluded on Sunday. Going into play, we saw both spots in the AL Wild Card game still very much on the line. The Yankees, Red Sox, Mariners, and Blue Jays were still all mathematically alive on Sunday, as there were multiple scenarios for each of the teams. Wins by…
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