2024 MLB Midseason Review
Now that the unofficial first half is in the books, we can look back before we start to look forward. Who surprised us? Who disappointed us? What clubs will make the biggest improvements at the…
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2022 World Series Preview: Can Astros Silence the “Cheaters” Talk and Cool Off the Phillies?
They’re done, everyone said. They can’t win without cheating, everyone said. Eventually, they’ll just go away, everyone said. Yet in a 2018 Patriots “We’re Still Here” manner, the Astros are back on baseball’s biggest stage….
Are the 2021 Braves the 2015 Mets? Thanks to MLB’s Uneven Playoff Format, They Just Might Be
Back in the summer, when the San Francisco Giants made their presence known and the NL West truly became a race, I had a premonition. No, it was not a full-on prediction, nor was I…
MLB Midseason Report: Who Are The Contenders?
We’re almost at the All-Star break in 2021, an amazing feat considering where we were at this time last year when there was no baseball and MLB was desperately trying to cobble something together to…
MLB Thoughts: Disparity Between Good and Bad is As Glaring As Ever; LA-NY World Series On Tap?
If you are as tired of the Yankees and Dodgers as I am, this was a tough week. Not so much because both teams are starting to look like the top dogs the prognosticators predicted,…
A Dodgers World Series Title Feels Inevitable. Just Don’t Call It a “Repeat.”
It’s good to have real baseball back. Watching early April baseball, with fans, with teams playing a regular schedule consisting of all the teams in their league plus one interleague division, just feels right. This,…
Fittingly, The Most Phony Season in Sports History Will End With a Los Angeles title*
Watching — or, a better term would be “trying to stomach” — the 2020 World Series, I’ve been flooded with so many negative emotions. Most of these, of course, are fueled by the underlying cause,…
Leave Houston Alone! Astros Did Earn 2017 Title
I’m going to start this piece with a disclaimer because, frankly, I feel like I have a societal obligation to do so. I do not condone what the Houston Astros did in 2017 (and possibly…
World Series Preview: Will Houston Have a Problem?
Okay, we’ve finally made it. The Fall Classic is here, and while it may not feature the big market, usual suspects, we’ve got a refreshing matchup headlined by star-studded pitching. No Red Sox. No Yankees….
ALCS Preview: A Heavyweight Bout We All Expected
While the NL chose to mix things up, the AL decided to go pure chalk. The Astros and Yankees are at it again, facing off in October for the third time in five years. Houston…