Prior to last season, the Padres had developed a reputation for hitting bombs. In 2020, they were given the nickname ‘Slam Diego Padres’ after hitting grand slams in four consecutive games. However in 2023, with their most talented roster in years, the team finished only 2 games above .500 and missed the playoffs. On Friday […]
Umpires and referees should be faceless, nameless entities who exist for the sole purpose of maintaining the rules and fairness in sports. It’s not great that we all know the name of Major League Baseball umpire, Angel Hernandez. On Friday night, Texas Rangers rookie, Wyatt Langford, stepped up to the plate in the 4th inning […]
On July 26th, 2021, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Clay Holmes to the New York Yankees for Diego Castillo and Hoy Park—two guys who are currently minor leaguers in other organizations like, one bad week away from applying for CDLs. The trade didn’t lead off Sportscenter with Scott Van Pelt that night. Clay’s face wasn’t on […]
Alex Rodriguez is one of the most simple athletes of all time. And I don’t mean simple like I believe he’s slow or incapable of understanding complicated concepts or anything like that but I call him simple because for so many years, people have described A-Rod as ‘complex’ while every step of the way, this […]
2024 MLB Opening Day restored the vibes back. There is truly nothing that gets me more excited about baseball than, well, some baseball. From Mike Trout hitting a BOMB to the Los Angeles Dodgers just being unbelievably unfair, let’s talk about what we learned on Thursday. Here are the 7 biggest takeaways from 2024 MLB […]
A lot is going on in the world these days. But Major League Baseball is returning as much-needed comfort food. 162 games. It’s officially summertime. Time to make wild predictions and speculate based on nothing. Here are the 2024 MLB Season Awards predictions: AL Rookie of the Year: Wyatt Langford The Texas Rangers won […]
Aroldis Chapman is one of the most complicated figures in Major League Baseball. He’s been kicked out of the league for abusing his loved ones and he’s helped the Chicago Cubs win their first World Series since 1908, before sliced bread was invented. When your life has taken so many twists and turns, it’s important […]
The 2024 MLB season starts on March 28th for the New York Yankees as they hit the road to face the Houston Astros. And their opening day starter, Gerrit Cole, most likely won’t be available as the team continues to run tests on his pitching elbow. Here’s what Yankees manager, Aaron Boone, said about Cole’s […]
Every year, teams exceed their preseason expecations but what’s funnier is when a team falls off a cliff and forgets how to play baseball. Here are 5 MLB teams that are going to be wayyyy worse in 2024: 1. Boston Red Sox Recently, the longest-tenured Red Sox star, Rafael Devers, called out the front office […]
MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, gets a lot of hate from both fans and the players and some of that is his own doing. He allowed the Houston Astros to get away with cheating to win a World Series with no real punishments handed out and when questioned about not taking the trophy away, he called […]
Let’s start this year’s 2024 MLB Season Preview by talking about the 2024 New York Yankees. The Yankees are coming off their worst season in a decade, finishing 82-80 and missing the playoffs. This team is supposed to be competing for trophies and they barely kept their heads above .500. Before we get to the […]
The 2024 MLB season is starting soon and Los Angeles Angels All-Star third baseman, Anthony Rendon, is pissed about it. In a recent interview with The Athletic, Rendon made it abundantly clear baseball is just a 9-to-5 for him: On Monday, in speaking to reporters after reporting to Angels camp, he made one thing very […]
Last season, the Giants finished 79-83 and 21 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. And then they spent the offseason getting their texts left on read by every free agent who would eventually end up signing with those same Dodgers. San Fran lost out on Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto but they just found […]
Moving sucks. Top 5 worst things on the planet. Like, right above seeing your ex with someone far more successful and better looking than you. And when you’re moving, you have to take into consideration the neighborhood you’re moving into. former Giants catcher, Buster Posey, understands this and thinks San Francisco is too crime-ridden for […]
The best baseball player on planet Earth has finally made a decision. Shohei Ohtani is a Los Angeles Dodger. Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million contract calls for him to be paid only $2 million a year for the next 10 seasons, with $680 million deferred until the end of the deal, sources confirm to ESPN. The […]
The New York Yankees used to dominate the entire calendar. 162 games beating the shit out of the league immediately followed by an offseason full of signing all of the best players available. That hasn’t been the case in quite some time as this organization has become comfortable being a decent team that maybe loses […]
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