The first month of baseball has already concluded, one down, five to go. Somehow it at once managed to fly by and completely drag on. The first week was full of surprises and joy, the second week full of optimism.
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Angels’ Reid Detmers: A No-No built on a Marsh
Luck will always be an intrinsic part of sport and especially in the world of baseball. Last night Reid Detmers of the Los Angeles Angels threw a no-hitter, which is a remarkable achievement no matter the circumstances. What was truly
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Revisiting Jake Arrieta’s monumental 2015 season
In 2015, a year before they overcame the curse, the Chicago Cubs were, on paper at least, a bunch of scrappy outsiders. The hiring of Joe Maddon, the free agent signing of Jon Lester and the emergence of prospects like
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St Louis: Baseball Heaven?
St Louis: Home of the Best Fans in Baseball St Louis: Baseball Heaven St Louis: Thank God baseball is back. While baseball is one of the three major American sports and is of course, important all across the country, baseball
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Five Way Too Early Takeaways from MLB Opening Weekend
As the old baseball saying goes, three or four games is far too few to glean anything in baseball – small sample sizes and all that – still the Orioles are already 0-3 and dead last in the AL East
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Boston Red Sox: Money, Extensions And The Road Ahead
What’s the point of having financial flexibility if you don’t use it, right? Well at the conclusion of the 2022 season, the front office of the Boston Red Sox will come face to face with the fruits of a three-year
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Final Predictions
In this final part of my season preview, I will predict the awards for the season for both the Dodgers and the rest of the MLB. So let’s wrap up these predictions and see how many I get right after
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Bullpen
The Dodgers’ bullpen looks very different to last year, with three key senior pieces leaving in free agency. Kenley Jansen, the long time established closer, Joe Kelly, a high-leverage flame thrower and famed Astros hater, and Corey Knebel, the most
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Outfield
The fourth chapter of my team profile and projection is looking at the men beyond the diamond stationed in the outfield. However, when it’s come to an outfield, one of the three major components that I wrote about has been
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2022 season preview – Oakland Athletics: There’s a rebuild on the horizon
The A’s might surprise some people this season It looked unlikely at times, but we are actually going to get some major league baseball in 2022 after the league and the MLBPA kicked the can down the road for a
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