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MLB Notes: March 16th
This was predictable, so if you didn’t buy a helmet and some goggles that’s on you. With the ratification of the CBA, the off-season has restarted in earnest. It’s been pretty packed too. There have been just about every kind of transaction, or as Jerry Dipoto calls...
Bonds, Clemens And The MLB HOF
On Tuesday, the baseball world learned something that everyone probably expected: Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were not voted into the Hall of Fame in their tenth year on the ballot. Bonds received 66 percent of the vote, while Clemens earned 65.2 percent of the...
The Hall of Hell
The baseball Hall of Fame is a conundrum in a way that no other sport’s hall of fame has ever been. The reason is because Hall voters are forced to play not just gate keepers to the Hall, but morality police as well. The culprit is both the character clause and the...
MLB Notes: The Best and Worst of Free Agency
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...
MLB Notes: December 7th
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...
MLB Notes: November 30th
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...
Astros Roster Construction And What It Means For The Orioles
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...
Why I’m Rooting For The Dodgers In The NLCS
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...