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Besides the Obvious, McGwire and Sosa Were Nothing Alike

Mar 31, 2017

Baseball History, Chicago Cubs, Features, St. Louis Cardinals

Disclaimer: This article is not timely. It is apropos of nothing. There is no logical reason for me to write it right now, except that I happened recently to listen to an old episode of a podcast where the host...

Pitching is Ruining Baseball

Ryan Morris

Jun 17, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Baseball is boring, they say. Nothing ever happens. It's too slow. It's too long. It's too complicated. The players are fat. The Yankees aren't even good anymore. Increasingly, baseball is becoming a niche h...

Redefining Sammy Sosa’s Baseball Legacy

Zach Bernard

Jan 4, 2016

Baseball History, Chicago Cubs, Opinions & Predictions

The Chicago Cubs are now several generations separated from the last time Sammy Sosa took right field for them on October 2, 2004. A lot has happened since then: Derrek Lee had one of the best offensive sea...

Revisiting Replacement Players

Gershon Rabinowitz

Mar 24, 2015

Baseball History, Features, Major League Baseball

Numbers are constant. Their values held to the highest regard with no change in property. Results are black and white, absent of ambiguity. The figures serve as the gospel of human existence. From finances to c...

Ramirez Hired to Consult for the Chicago Cubs

Robert Villarreal

Feb 24, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, National League, National League Central

(Photo by Dylan Heuer) According to a team release this morning by the Chicago Cubs, "Manny Ramirez has been hired to consult with the club's major and minor league hitters on the fundamental and mental asp...

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Besides the Obvious, McGwire and Sosa Were Nothing Alike

Pitching is Ruining Baseball

Redefining Sammy Sosa’s Baseball Legacy

Revisiting Replacement Players

Ramirez Hired to Consult for the Chicago Cubs