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In an office pool, competing against friends, or just filling out a bracket online for fun and don't know who to pick? Don't worry, no one else does either. That's what makes it fun. It's hard to say what teams to pick based on past data, good teams change all the time. But we can... Continue Reading →
The MLB announced a few rules changes coming out of the Spring meetings between the MLB and MLBPA that will take effect either in 2019 or 2020, many of which have pace-of-play implications. Some of these changes are receiving unilateral support, while others are being picked apart by baseball purists, who say that Rob Manfred... Continue Reading →
The Detroit Pistons have been on a tear lately, winning 9 of their last 11 games including beating the Toronto Raptors in overtime Sunday night, the Raptors currently sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference but playing without Kawhi Leonard, and have drawn a bit of excitement in the Detroit area, with some thinking... Continue Reading →
With the Super Bowl getting further in the rear view mirror, and the sports world turning their attention on March Madness and the final stretch of the NBA and NHL seasons, it got me thinking about a common gripe among fans of certain sports: "there's no disparity in the league." From the Patriots making the... Continue Reading →
It's 1989. 25 out of 106 schools playing FBS (then Division 1-A) football find themselves not in a conference. By today's standards, any of those teams not named Notre Dame wouldn't have a shot at national prominence. It's been that way since either 1993, when Penn State joined the Big Ten, or 1996, when Cincinnati,... Continue Reading →
The BBWAA has been busy the past 5 years, putting in a record 16 candidates, with the previous record being 13 in a 5 year stretch from 1952-56. They won't be slowing down this year, as Mariano Rivera is as close to a lock as you can get entering his first year on the ballot,... Continue Reading →
We've hit the end of 2018. Bowl games are over, the early signings have been done, coaches have changed, and everyone's focused on recruiting and getting ready for 2019. So that leaves us with the final rankings for this season, just like the final AP Poll to summarize what teams were the best this year.... Continue Reading →
For most of baseball history, shortstops are really good fielders who, if they can hit well, that's a nice bonus for their team. But as the sport as a whole starts getting more flexible with positions, many primary shortstops are proving that shortstops can be not just decent or pleasantly surprising hitters but legitimate stars... Continue Reading →
From playoff disappointments to disassembling what once looked like it may be a championship roster, being a Detroit Tigers fan has been weird for the past decade or so. We’ve seen generational stars in Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera have their primes in Detroit, but we’ve also seen players become great in Detroit and then... Continue Reading →
One last huge weekend in College Football is over. We now know who's going to the playoff, and the full bowl game layout. With the conference championships over, we'll briefly touch on one or two key figures for each team and look ahead at their bowl game. Below the rankings, we'll recap the group of... Continue Reading →
Murphy's Field 