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AL East Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
The franchise has become the model of Major League Baseball. While the Oakland A’s three year run has received its fair share of deserved attention, it has been the Tampa Bay Rays who have been the most successful small market team in the sport. Since the start of the...
The World Outside of Baltimore: AL East Questions
With the opening of Spring Training down to days rather than weeks, most teams are transitioning from adding players to solving problems with the players in camp. The American League East Division has always been one of the toughest divisions in the sport, but the...
AL East Division Gap Grows; Orioles Must React Quickly
Wednesday January 22nd may be a key day in the 2014 Baltimore Orioles’ season. The divide in the American League East division became more pronounced as the three teams have widened the gap between the other two.The Yankees will get all of the headlines of the day as...
How Yankees Spend ARod Savings Impacts AL East Race
The inevitable finally became official when arbitrator Frederic Horowitz ruled that Alex Rodriguez be suspended for 162 games. While Rodriguez did see a reduction in games suspended, this suspension will cost him all of 2014 and $26 million. The sideshow that became...
The World Outside Of Baltimore: Rodriguez, Price, Defense
With the Hall of Fame voting finally easing its way off the trending screens, the focus can return to teams preparing for the 2014 season. While the Orioles have been quite quiet this winter, the rest of the division, particularly the Yankees, has been doing some...
The Hall of Fame Quagmire and My Hypothetical Ballot
The Baseball Hall of Fame has a problem, a complicated one at that. The most important function of the Hall of Fame is to honor the best players that have ever lived with enshrinement in their museum. This is something that they have always left to the Baseball...
Mussina Passes Every Hall of Fame Evaluation Method
Mike Mussina’s candidacy for the Baseball Hall of Fame feels quite similar to that of Tim Raines. Like Raines, Mussina was overshadowed by baseball royalty during his 18 year career. Raines played second fiddle to Rickey Henderson for the majority of his career....
If I Had A Hall Of Fame Vote…
More than any other year, the current Hall of Fame ballot is one of the most difficult in recent memory. Because of the misguided stance that that Baseball Writers Association of America took last year, the current ballot is filled with many legitimate candidates....