This past Friday, the finalists for the All Star game were announced based on the results of the fan voting primaries. For each league, the top three position players, including nine outfielders have advanced to the Starter Elections that begins on Wednesday, June 26 at noon and lasts 28 hours until 4 PM EST onContinueContinue reading “My Picks for All Star Starters – National League”
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Let’s Hear It For the…Montrampa Bay Rays?
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1141761834434871297 The Tampa Bay Rays organization is exploring the possibility of playing the first half of their season in Tampa and the second half in Montreal. The Rays attendance figures have been the league low for years and the city of Montreal allegedly wants baseball back since losing the Expos in 2004. I think thisContinueContinue reading “Let’s Hear It For the…Montrampa Bay Rays?”
Literally Stop and Appreciate What Mike Trout is Doing
(Not So) Breaking News: Mike Trout did amazing things last night. Just your run-in-the-mill 2 HR and a career-high 7-RBI game. Watch his two absolute bombs from last night: https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1141494119233142785 https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1141505229655072768 Every baseball fan will tell you: Appreciate what this guy is doing. So hear me as I say…APPRECIATE WHAT THIS GUY IS DOING. TroutContinueContinue reading “Literally Stop and Appreciate What Mike Trout is Doing”
Time for the Twins to Go All In
Best record in baseball at 48-24 with an American League leading +115 run differential. A 10-game lead in the AL Central and leading the MLB in practically every offensive category (HR, Runs, OPS, Total Bases, SLG). Needless to say, the Twins are the surprise team in the first half of the season. FansGraphs currently givesContinueContinue reading “Time for the Twins to Go All In”
My First Attempt at a Blog
This is in fact my first attempt at a blog. This will be the start of a series where I will essentially give you the answer key for the upcoming event. Please take all of my predictions with a grain of salt. Over the years, I tend to try to guess how I believe thingsContinueContinue reading “My First Attempt at a Blog”
The 8 A.M. Lecture – The Business of Sports
Although the various sports that graze our television screens are mainly for our entertainment, you have to keep in mind that the sports world is a business. Time and time again players are cut or forced to retire from the team that they have played with for years. The most recent example that the sportsContinueContinue reading “The 8 A.M. Lecture – The Business of Sports”
Baseball Suggestions that Need to Happen
So if you listened to any of the Two Beers Deep podcast, you might have caught a segment that Greg and I are going to be reviving in a video format for 2018, and this is a segment that I wasn’t sure how to create. The idea came from my insane madness with the rulesContinueContinue reading “Baseball Suggestions that Need to Happen”
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