The votes are in! Longtime New York Yankee Derek Jeter and Larry Walker are now the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame after votes were finalized and counted on Tuesday. Jeter, who was the face of MLB for a longtime, received a 99.7 voting percentage, meaning he was one vote away from becomingContinueContinue reading “Derek Jeter and Larry Walker to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame”
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Houston Astros Under Investigation for Sign Stealing
By AJ Stewart Contributing Writer The Astros misfortune has dwelled into this year’s off-season. Just a few weeks after their disappointing game 7 loss to the Bryce Harper-less Washington Nationals an old friend decided to blow the whistle on their little procedures down south. The Athletic had Mike Fiers the only named whistleblower of 4ContinueContinue reading “Houston Astros Under Investigation for Sign Stealing”
Divisional Realignment And Other Suggested Changes To MLB
Another MLB season has come and gone. Since Commissioner Rob Manfred stepped into the role in 2015, he has been looking for opportunities to grow the league and rules to make the games more efficient and ultimately more enjoyable. In the last few years, the league has made rule changes with the objective of improvingContinueContinue reading “Divisional Realignment And Other Suggested Changes To MLB”
Keaton’s Response to the Nationals
19-31! That was the Nationals record. On May 23rd, talk about a miracle comeback of a season. Dave Martinez was on the verge of being the first manger fired nearing the end of May. Now here we sit on Oct. 31st with the Washington Nationals first time World Series Champions. The team that did notContinueContinue reading “Keaton’s Response to the Nationals”
The Purge is Complete: Neal Huntington Fired
It was after the July 31st trade deadline where I realized that the Pirates needed to clean house. This process started on the last game of the year when Clint Hurdle was fired. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Pirates and team president Frank Coonelly agreed to mutually part ways. Yesterday, the cleansing ofContinueContinue reading “The Purge is Complete: Neal Huntington Fired”
Yu Darvish has Won the World Series!
I don’t think there is a much more polarizing position in sports than the Pitcher in baseball. There are similar that travel from sport to sport that have a position that’s, well..just different. Football has Quarterbacks, Hockey and Soccer have Goalies and even Volleyball has that super weird position where they get to wear aContinueContinue reading “Yu Darvish has Won the World Series!”
Rapid Reaction – Frank Coonelly Out as Pirates President
https://twitter.com/JMackeyPG/status/1187010871345766400?s=20 Call it my lack of morning coffee or great surprise, but I had to read this tweet over a few times to ensure my eyes weren’t deceiving me. The Pirates and Frank Coonelly have decided to part ways. Coonelly served as the team president for 12 years, but according to his statement “(he) decidedContinueContinue reading “Rapid Reaction – Frank Coonelly Out as Pirates President”
Big Baseball Guy…Huge
Let’s just have a quick moment of silense for other sports real quick, because last nights game 1 of the World Series was flerping awesome. This may come to a shock to a lot of you…but I really haven’t watched much baseball this year. I’m not saying I deserve an award for watching, but ifContinueContinue reading “Big Baseball Guy…Huge”
My World Series Prediction
After the juiced ball dominated the regular season, it seems ironically fitting that the World Series will be decided on the mound. The league’s two hottest teams face off in a highly anticipated Fall Classic kicking off Tuesday night. Statistically speaking, the Astros offense rivals that of the 1927 Yankees and their pitching staff isContinueContinue reading “My World Series Prediction”
Can Mayor Peduto Stop Nutting?
News broke last week that in Mayor Peduto’s recent reddit AMA that Big Shot Bill would be happy to find some investors if Bob Nutting is willing to sell the Pirates. It got me thinking over the weekend… Not really sure what arcxjo is up to in this thread honestly but Sam_Porter’s idea might beContinueContinue reading “Can Mayor Peduto Stop Nutting?”
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