The key to beating the Patriots? Beating the Patriots
Don’t be confused by the headline. It may sound overly simplistic, but it’s also as clear and concise as can be. The key for teams beating the New England Patriots is having done so before….
Unfinished Business: Winning Titles After Coming up Just Short the Year Before
It seems like something that would happen quite often. If a team is good enough to reach the final frontier one year, shouldn’t it be good enough to do it again the next year? You…
MLB Roundup: Week 7
It’s Victoria Day in Canada, which means we’ve almost hit Memorial Day in America. Seven weeks have gone by in this MLB season, and it’s entirely possible that we’ve actually begun to learn some things…
News/notes from last night’s MLB games
A few thoughts from around MLB last night, May 19, a relatively quiet one in terms of the schedule but one that still featured a few good storylines: Hale presses the right button For all the…
Five bold MLB predictions: May 17
Alright, let’s make one thing clear: picking MLB games is almost impossible sometimes. With the day-to-day grind that manifests for six months, it isn’t quite like the NFL, where the “Any Given Sunday” mantra is…
MLB Roundup: Week 6
Another wild week in the books in baseball, with perhaps the season’s most epic slate to date occurring on Wednesday. The Red Sox keep piling up runs while giving up almost as many, the Cubs…
Western Conference Finals Preview: Sharks, Blues Eye First Cup Final
For just the second time since 2009, it won’t be the Chicago Blackhawks or Los Angeles Kings representing the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals. And for the first time, it will be either…
May 11 MLB Recap: What a Wild Day
What a strange day in baseball (isn’t it always?). If you come to the ballpark you never know what you’ll see. On May 11, we had a pitcher hit two home runs to propel his…
If your name is Marte, this season has been a par-tay
Right off the bat (okay, there’s another one) forgive the puns. I’m a sucker for them, so it’s just too easy. A post now to appreciate two young players named Marte coming into their own…
MLB Roundup: Week 5
Five weeks of the 2016 MLB season are in the books, and it’s still impossible to say if I — or anyone else, for that matter — knows much more than I did just mere…