Category Archives: Baseball

2013 MLB Preview: AL West

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Jason

Injuries have already impacted several of these clubs right out of the gate. Both the Rangers and Angels were already a bit suspect in this department heading into the season. And now, just a week or so in, both clubs … Continue reading →

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2013 MLB Preview: AL Central

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jason

This is probably the easiest division to handicap. The Tigers look to be one of the top two or three clubs in the AL. I think the Royals are good enough to contend for a wild card spot and the … Continue reading →

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2013 MLB Preview: AL East

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jason

Every year I like to take a stab at forecasting the upcoming MLB Season. I’ll start with the AL East. A decade ago, this was baseball’s glamour division. There was a time you could pencil the Yankees and Red Sox … Continue reading →

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The Hall of Fame Debate: Part 2

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jason

With the national championship game pretty much over, I spent a little time tonight catching up on some other reading. I came across this excellent piece by Jayson Stark over at ESPN. Stark writes about how difficult it was for … Continue reading →

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Best Books of 2012

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Jason

Every year, I set a goal to read at least 52 books — one per week for an entire calendar year. 2011 marked the first year I’d ever completed that goal. This year, I fell a bit short. By the … Continue reading →

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The Great Debate

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jason

Major League Baseball distributed ballots this week to the BBWAA Hall of Fame voters and this upcoming vote is the one we’ve been anticipating for several years. PED suspicion / confirmation surrounds many of the first timers: Barry Bonds, Roger … Continue reading →

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2012 MLB Year In Review, Part 2

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Jason

We now enter into the great black hole of the sporting calendar: baseball season is over, football season is in full swing, and basketball and hockey start their seasons up. (Are the NHL players / owners on strike? Haven’t they … Continue reading →

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MLB Playoff Predictions 2012

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Jason

Well, I hoped to post this yesterday, but I didn’t have the chance. This will be brief, but here are my playoff predictions: Yankees over O’s Baltimore has been a great story and I really hope they can pull the … Continue reading →

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2012 MLB Year In Review, Part 1

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Jason

Well, another MLB regular season is in the books. I’m stoked about the playoffs this year; there’s the potential for some really great matchups. I do have to admit that I’m NOT digging new two wild card format. While I … Continue reading →

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Matheny on Sportsmanship

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Jason

A friend sent this my way tonight and I wanted to share it here. I’m not sure where this article was originally posted, but the author is Mike Matheny, former major league catcher and current manager of the St. Louis … Continue reading →

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