MLB Week 8 Roundup: Cream rising in NL, Falling in AL
Saturday turned out to be the wildest day of the season, when no lead was safe and last year’s top dogs showed that they still have plenty of fight. The National League is experiencing some…
Breaking Down the Wildest Day of the 2016 MLB Season
On this Memorial Day weekend Saturday, baseball reached its peak of excitement for the 2016 season. Two heart-stopping comebacks, a replay-review-aided win, and a bizarre game-ending double play highlighted this unparalleled Saturday. A closer look…
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…