After the dog days of the offseason, and then the seemingly never-ending schedule of meaningless Spring Training games, the regular season arrived and demanded the complete attention of the baseball world. By the end of April, the following was true…
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There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World Series during Billy Beane’s tenure. One much-talked about suggestion is that the postseason is a “crapshoot”. Randomness has a bigger influence over the short 5-game/7-game
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If baseball analysts had nicknames, Al Melchior would be the professor, so it was not surprising to discover that he is a former political science professor from Florida International University. Al has been writing about fantasy baseball since the turn
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After a dozen or so years of contending, the Detroit Tigers are now in a transition phase. It was fun while it lasted. Since their World Series appearance in 2006, the Tigers finished first or second in their division eight
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