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Freelance writer and passionate, lifelong baseball fan.

Remembering the Old Breed

Kevin Pittack
Mar 4, 2015
Baseball History, Features, Opinions & Predictions
In the aftermath of World War II, as the United States and Soviet Union remained the last two nations standing tall over a battered and broken global community, the world watched and waited to see what would ha...

Equity In The MLB Draft

Kevin Pittack
Feb 25, 2015
Contract, Draft, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions
Recently, our very own Steve Benko penned an article discussing the mole hill-turned-mountain of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Drew Smyly tweeting his thoughts on 19-year-old Cuban Yoan Moncada receiving a $30 million...

Why Baseball Should Consider The Stolen Base Again

Kevin Pittack
Feb 14, 2015
Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions
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In 2001, at the advanced baseball age of 38, the Yankees “Warrior”, right fielder Paul O’Neill, set a new career milestone perhaps more impressive than his previous career accolades. O’Neill already possessed f...

Are NFL Woes A Boon For Baseball?

Kevin Pittack
Feb 3, 2015
Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions
Baseball has always gone through phases, eras, and iterations with both clear and arbitrary lines of delineation to separate them. One can point to the Dead Ball Era, the post-war Golden Age of the game, the ad...

Highs And Lows: Bud Selig’s Legacy

Kevin Pittack
Jan 26, 2015
Baseball History, Features, Major League Baseball, Milestone, Milwaukee Brewers, Opinions & Predictions
With the ascent of Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball will have only its tenth commissioner since 1921. In that time, the United States has had 16 presidents occupy the Oval Office. The 10th commissioner, Allan...

Balancing Baseball’s Past, Present and Future

Kevin Pittack
Jan 20, 2015
Baseball History, Features, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
Far too often, in contemporary culture, we don’t allow ourselves to enjoy the here and now, what is directly under our noses. People walk the streets, sit in packed stadiums, at movie theaters, and in parks wit...

The Death of Personality in Baseball

Kevin Pittack
Dec 26, 2014
Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
Since the passing of George Steinbrenner in 2010, Major League Baseball has been lacking a certain something, as if the audial landscape in baseball has been a little too quiet. Too often, the sound bites offer...

Don’t Believe the Hype Surrounding the Marlins

Kevin Pittack
Dec 17, 2014
Contract, Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, Opinions & Predictions
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When it comes to the Miami Marlins, the nails-on-chalkboard irritation of clichés unavoidably follows, whether they are positive or (overwhelmingly) negative. However, this year, following their big trades and ...

Opinion: Promising Prospects and the Hype Machine

Kevin Pittack
Dec 13, 2014
Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
With the closure of the 2014 MLB Winter Meetings it is likely that old school baseball fans have exhaled a gusty sigh of relief. While a number of deals did go down, they were mainly headlined by proven commodi...

The Nine Lives Of Bud Black

Kevin Pittack
Dec 6, 2014
National League West, San Diego Padres
Baseball aficionados are a particularly zealous bunch. This opinionated group has views on every facet of the game, such as who is over/under/properly rated, who should be starting, which coaches ought to be fi...
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