MLB April in Review: Overachievers, Duds, Winning Streaks, and Losing Peaks
April is a few days old now, but what a month it was. The Chicago Cubs had the best record in the National League… aaaand, the Chicago White Sox had the best record in the…
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Baseball Blog: 2 Weeks Down, 24 Still to Go
Have we really learned any more in the baseball season’s second week than we did on the first? You can essentially set your watch to a team that starts out scorching taking a mild step…
An Advanced Beginner’s Guide to MLB’s First Week
A week (plus a day, if you want to get technical) of Major League Baseball’s 2016 season is in the books. What did we learn? Well, nothing in the grand scheme of things, because it’s…
Baseball Blog, Week 1: What a Story in Colorado!
The paint hasn’t even dried on the opening week of the baseball season, and there are already plenty of unforeseen subplots unfolding. Perhaps the biggest one is in Denver, where an unheralded rookie is suddenly…
2016 MLB Preview: Is Parity Here to Stay?
There is a chance that the 2016 Major League Baseball season is as unpredictable as the weather has been this winter. The good news in that is, well, that means that the season will be…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Baltimore Orioles
We roll on with another AL East team, the Baltimore Orioles. It got ugly towards the end of 2015, including a three-game sweep in Boston in which the O’s didn’t score a single run. They…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: New York Yankees
Never ones to be considered “comeback” candidates, here now are the New York Yankees, suddenly mired in a three-year stretch in which they have not won a single playoff game. They were shutout at home…
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…
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…
Our 2015 MLB playoff predictions and analysis
Now that the matchups for the MLB postseason are set, it’s time to dive into things a little bit further. Before we make our official picks, it’s worth noting that in the last three years,…