MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Cleveland Indians
Our next subject in the continuing 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates series is the team that Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci picked — and therefore jinxed — to win the World Series in 2015. That would be…
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MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: San Francisco Giants
We continue with our 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates with perhaps the most obvious of all obvious choices, the San Francisco Giants. Sure, we could have started with the Giants, but that seemed too easy. After…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Seattle Mariners
We will begin a new segment leading up to the 2016 MLB season, the Comeback Candidate series, taking a look at non-playoff teams from the previous season who could make some noise this year. Because…
The Strange Parity Juxtaposition Between MLB and NFL: The End Doesn’t Justify the Means
The more I use the word “parity” in relation to sports, the more I wonder what it truly means. Does it reflect the number of different teams that win a championship? Or simply make the…
Stock report: Baseball Up Royally, NF(D)L Having Worst Year Yet
It is easy for me to say I am going to stop watching football altogether. It is much harder to actually do it. That’s because when something feels like a part of you, it isn’t…
20 Reasons Why Baseball is Better Than Football
Let’s start to face reality. The NFL is a joke. No matter what anyone says, baseball is America’s pastime. Growing up, football Sundays were almost a religion. The late 90’s and early 2000’s may not…
New York Yankees one of the most fascinating teams heading into offseason
Can you feel the heat? No, it’s not coming from under manager Joe Girardi’s seat, or even the insatiable Big Apple media junket. Instead, it’s the Hot Stove warming up in the Bronx. What are…
World Series Recap: Mets Choke from Royal Pains
What came first, the choking or the egg? The New York Mets fell apart against a Kansas City Royals team that evolved from a complete rebirth, and hats off for overcoming the pain of losing…
I don’t like the NFL anymore (but I used to love it)
I remember when Sundays meant something. It wasn’t all that long ago, either. Waking up in time to watch ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown at 11 a.m., then after two hours of greasing the wheels it…
2015 World Series Preview: Royals Out to Right Last Year’s Wrongs
I’m honestly not sure what is more surprising: that the New York Mets are in the World Series, or that the Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series? The Mets hadn’t been to the dance…