by Matthew Kory | Dec 16, 2021 | Major League Baseball
The weirdest part of this off-season isn’t the lockout. That’s certainly abnormal, but it’s not outright strange. In fact, I think we all saw it coming years ago. No, the weirdest thing is how almost all of the big signings have come from bad teams. It’s almost...
by Matthew Kory | Dec 7, 2021 | Major League Baseball
Baseball is my favorite topic of conversation. I can bring almost any topic back to baseball. Economics? Baseball! Perseverance? Baseball! Job security? Unions? Race? Baseball! Baseball! Baseball! Unfortunately, baseball isn’t a particularly fun topic to come back to...
by Matthew Kory | Nov 30, 2021 | Major League Baseball
There’s an old Onion article with a headline that I will clean up slightly which says, “Holy [swear word] Man Walks On [swear word] Moon!” That pretty much sums up the last few days of the baseball off-season. Most sports have off-seasons that are like pouring hot...
by Rose Katz | Oct 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
It’s not exactly a secret that the Baltimore Orioles are hoping to find success in the Mike Elias era by being similar to the Houston Astros. The Astros lost 100 games three straight years from 2011 to 2013 and had a similarly poor 70-92 record in 2014 as part of...
by Rose Katz | Oct 16, 2021 | Major League Baseball
The Atlanta Braves haven’t made the World Series since 1999, which is easily the longest drought of the four remaining playoff teams. The Braves also seemed like the least likely of the four remaining teams to be here at the start of August. When the month began, they...
by Rose Katz | Oct 5, 2021 | Major League Baseball
On Wednesday night, the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers will be playing a one-game playoff to advance to the National League Division Series, knowing that the 88-win Atlanta Braves and 95-win Milwaukee Brewers do not need to worry about this game because they won their...
