Why Can’t Dallas Keuchel Get it Going?
Jean-Jacques Taylor, in a recent ESPN.com article, discusses how Dallas Keuchel has become “just a guy.” This description is both anatomically and metaphorically correct.
Keuchel has not just been pedestrian...
No, Things Are Not Looking Up For Albert Pujols
Dan McCarthy wrote a small article on ESPN.com with the title, “Perhaps things are looking up for Albert Pujols.” Here is the thing, though: Things are not looking up for Pujols, and likely never will again.
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Jeff Passan, Ken Kendrick and Baseball Cards
In my forum that I’ve been fortunately given, I’d like to expand upon the profile that Jeff Passan gave of the baseball card community, most particularly the all too famous T206 Honus Wagner card. In his articl...
Can the Hall Please Give Some Respect to Ol’ Gil?
Upon re-watching Field of Dreams for the umpteenth time, I noticed something notable (other than how I am still able to cry like a baby at the end). During the scene where Kevin Costner's character Ray witnesse...
In Defense of League Identity
Rob Neyer, in a recent defense of the difference between leagues in the DH rule, touches upon a subject close to my heart: That of American and National League identity. It’s something we have lost in the last ...
Voters Please Don’t Overlook Billy Wagner
There are shocks, there are absolute surprises, and then there are one-in-a-million shots-in-the-dark-type of events. Billy Wagner not being selected for the 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame class is none of these. N...
The Fallacy in Buster Olney’s Support of Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame Candidacy
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After the recent release of Commissioner’s Rob Manfred announcement that Pete Rose’s ban in baseball had upheld, we saw many different commentators have takes on the ruling. You can see some here, here and here...
An honest assessment of Daniel Murphy
Hot stove season is almost among us, and we already have teams contemplating an outrageous signing. Daniel Murphy -- you may have heard of his historic playoff performance in this year’s playoffs -- is hitting ...
How is Jeff Samardzija Getting any Attention?
Last week, Jeff Samardzija was offered a one year $15.8 Million qualifying offer from the Chicago White Sox. It has been written that he is unlikely to accept this offer, which would make him a free agent. For ...
Can the MLB Postseason Schedule Problems Be Fixed?
Baseball appears to be in a predicament: what to do with scheduling the World Series?
The beauty of summer baseball is that is has a monopoly on all popular sports. The postseason doesn't have such dominance...