In the last of our 2021 Season Previews we head to the Midwest, to hear all about the AL Central from another stellar cast of club experts: Southside Sox’s Janice Scurio on the White Sox MLB.com’s Mandy bell on Cleveland
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AL Central preview: Win for the Windy City?
The American League Central is shaping up to be an intriguing division in 2021. In the truncated 2020 season, the White Sox slumped to a 2-8 finish which meant they just scraped into the playoffs along with the Indians, despite
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Marlins and Orioles playoff bound? That’s so 2020
With expanded playoffs a “thing” this season, eight teams from each league will play October baseball. The top two teams in each division make up 12 of the 16 spots, with the two final places in each league going to
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Detroit Tigers 2020: Reasons for Caution
Reasons for caution … and who is next after the big five? With spring training well under, we have had a good opportunity to watch the future of the Detroit Tigers. Be it Tarik Skubal with his electric stuff or
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Detroit Tigers 2020: Reasons for Optimism
What happened in 2019? In short, a whole lot of losses, with a record of 47-114 that tallies up to the second-worst in franchise history behind the 2003 Detroit Tigers 43-119. The Tigers were awful in 2019 and almost unwatchable
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Spring Training 2020: State of the Detroit Tigers
So it is that time of year again. Spring training is upon us, and with it, one would expect hope, right? Well for the Detroit Tigers is hope still alive? Is there hope that Ron Gardenhire can get the best
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Reasons to watch baseball – AL Central
AL EAST | AL CENTRAL | AL WEST | NL EAST | NL CENTRAL | NL WEST I’m committing myself to watching every team this season, at least one full game each. No longer will I load up MLB.tv after
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September storylines to follow: Worst team of the century
With four or maybe five of the divisions sewn up, you can be forgiven for thinking that there is not much left to get excited about until the postseason starts. When real, meaningful baseball takes centre stage. The tightest AL
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Hot takes and overreactions
It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening
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Episode 107 – Emily Waldon
Emily Waldon of The Athletic Detroit and The Athletic MLB joins Tom to talk about her start in Baseball writing and Minor League Players rights. They talk about Ken Rosenthal and his Slack messages, juggling two jobs of Baseball writing
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