When Jackie Robinson took the field on Opening Day 1947, he made history as the first black man to break the colour barrier in Major League Baseball. Robinson’s incredible fortitude opened the door and began the long-overdue process of integrating
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The baseball world has hit the pause button in light of the recent coronavirus situation. As sports fans everywhere brace themselves for suspended or cancelled seasons, we turn to each other (not physically though – stay home folks), and we
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Since our last catch-up, the Indians have suffered another injury. Centre fielder, Oscar Mercado, essentially guaranteed a starting spot this year, suffered a sprained wrist when he dived to make a sprawling catch on a shallow fly ball. Mercado impressively
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What happened in 2019? In short, the Indians were out-homered. Even the most optimistic Minnesota Twins fan did not foresee a 101-win season with an MLB-record of 307 home runs. Cleveland, by comparison, won 93 games but finished in the
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The month of March is finally upon us, and we find ourselves deep in the heart of spring training. I’m sure you’ll all agree it’s wonderful to have baseball back, even if the results don’t actually matter and we only
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There’s no sugarcoating it, the Cleveland Indians are not a glamorous team. Despite being a ballclub steeped in history, they are rarely mentioned in the same breath as the storied Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs, and Cardinals. They don’t engender that
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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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In a recent tweet, fantasy baseball writer Scott White lamented that 21 of the 22 teams in his dynasty league were rebuilding. This sad state of affairs shows how easy it is for fantasy baseball players to throw in the
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Entering the final weekend of the regular season, we have three teams vying for the two AL Wild Card playoff spots. We even have the possibility of a Game 163. All three divisions are represented, and one of the Oakland
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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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