The 2007 Detroit Tigers team was fun to watch. They had been swept aside by Tony La Russa‘s Cardinals in the previous year’s World Series, so their postseason TV appearances had made many of the players familiar to me. My
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Maybe, just maybe, Kris Bryant is the most complete player in baseball
The move from the firesale franchise in Chicago to the eventual AL West champions of San Francisco looked like a match made in Heaven for Kris Bryant. If ever a player exuded West coast laid-back chill, it was the walking
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The best Rays breakout of 2021 wasn’t Wander Franco…
2021 was a fantastic year for the Tampa Bay Rays – A franchise-best 100 wins, a Rookie of the Year campaign from Randy Arozarena and back-to-back AL East titles for the first time in the team’s young history. For such
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Athletics find their replacement for Bob Melvin
It’s official; The Oakland Athletics have confirmed their new manager, and it’s Mark Kotsay. Fellow A’s fans will remember Kotsay from his role as third-base coach last season, furiously waving players to home base or calling them back to third.
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Who should manage the Mets in 2022?
The Mets have narrowed their highly anticipated managerial search to three names. The three names contain a mix between a manager with 20 years experience and two highly respected up and coming coaches. This article will highlight the pros and
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How Steven Matz’s Agent Landed The Mets Max Scherzer
A week before the lockout, which has frozen baseball transactions with no sign of a resolution, the Mets had just lost out on top pitching target Steven Matz, who chose St Louis over a return to New York. Mets COO
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Rock Bottom for The Athletics – Not A Bit Of It
Hey, we have an A’s contributor now! Welcome Brett Walker… It’s that time of year again when the Oakland A’s lose a raft of players to free agency (this year, we have more free agents than any other MLB team
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Alex Cora Didn’t Miss A Beat in 2021
It’s the second week of December, and I’ve fully digested the fact that my beloved 2021 Boston Red Sox came up just 18.0 victorious innings shy of their fifth World Series appearance of my lifetime— yeah, I know, what a
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Wait! What? Yasiel Puig is a hero?
It is quiet out there. It’s times like this that I miss the never-ending flow of speculative drivel from major media outlets. There are no laughable Jon Heyman tweets. And no cringeworthy Bob Nightingale claims. Usually, at this time of
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Arizona Diamondbacks – Prospects to Watch in 2022
Hey, we have a Dbacks contributor now! Welcome Matt O’Brien… With 2021 firmly in the rear-view mirror and with the return of a full minor league season after a Covid induced hiatus, I thought now would be a good time
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