NLCS Preview: Dogs Have Their Day, Hit Cusp of WS
So how many of you realistically thought this would be our NLCS matchup? Not me, certainly. The Dodgers dropped the NLDS in five after winning 106 games, a stunner few saw coming. The Nationals came…
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NLDS Preview: Who Steps Forward?
Okay, here we go again — it’s October baseball, the best there is for sports playoffs. Four teams who all took different roads to get here, and two matchups we’ve seen coming for a while…
MLB Awards Season: Making My Early Predictions
Oh, October baseball and MLB Awards Season. Don’t try and snow me that the 2019 NFL season differs in excitement from any of the previous, like, 10 seasons. I’ll save you the suspense right now…
These are Baseball’s 6 Most Underrated Players
One of the things I love about baseball, despite its relative predictability in terms of the top teams, is how many great players there actually are that fly under the radar. Because teams like the…
Yanks’ Recent Run Proof Burden of Expectations is Real
If you watched the early weeks of the MLB season, it seemed pretty obvious that the New York Yankees were suffering from two things: the toll of injuries to star players and the weight of…
2019 MLB Predictions: Will Evil Empires Reign Again?
Okay, it’s late March and somehow, baseball is here! We’re officially underway, but since I’m not picking the Mariners or Athletics to do anything worthwhile this year, their Japan games are trees falling in the…
2018 World Series: The Big Boys are Back
Can you believe it’s been five years since an AL East team represented the Junior Circuit in the Fall Classic? That would be the Red Sox, of course, in 2013, and it’s crazy to think…
LCS Preview: Heavyweights Clash, Underdogs Flash
Doesn’t it feel like the baseball season just started yesterday? It was a blink of an eye ago that the season kicked off on a Thursday in March, and now we’re down to four clubs…
Division Series Picks: “The Rivalry” on Center Stage
I had to use the air quotes. I just had to. It’s the rivalry that gets more attention than it should, the one that the earth stands still for. And best of all, it gets…
NL Wild Card Game Preview: Rock-tober?
Don’t let the headline completely fool you. The Rockies are actually kind of lucky to be here, having won nine of 11 to close out the regular-season, but also falling flat in the NL West…