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Since 1989, when the rankings expanded to a top 25, there have been an average of just over 9 teams ranked in the preseason poll to end the year unranked, including usually 3 or 4 of the top 15 that tend to slip out of the rankings by year's end. So while it would be... Continue Reading →
We've passed the trade deadline, and by now I'm ready to make fun of myself for my start of the season predictions (totally missed on the Rays and Rangers). I also didn't do any awards predictions in the preseason article, and now that we're about two-thirds of the way through the season the picture is... Continue Reading →
The Detroit Tigers are not a fun team to talk about in 2019. They have the worst offensive stats in the American League (by far), they've suffered injuries across their major league roster and they're one of the worst teams in baseball. But they have some players who have performed well enough to be shipped... Continue Reading →
The 2016 World Series featured the two teams with the longest World Series drought in Major League Baseball at the time. The Cubs ended the longest championship drought in major sports history, giving the longest active World Series drought to the Cleveland Indians, who haven't won a title since 1948. The 2016 season had more... Continue Reading →
Welcome to segment 2 of the "What the MLB Was Like When" series, where we'll be focusing on the 2017 season, when the Houston Astros last won the title. For the last article, on 2018 and the Red Sox's last championship, click here. To read other articles from this series, click here (this won't show you much until... Continue Reading →
Welcome to part 1 of a series on what the MLB was like the last time each team won the World Series. Three of the five teams that have been to a World Series but haven't won one will get an article for the last year they went, but the Rangers, along with the Mariners... Continue Reading →
When Texas Tech and Virginia squared off Monday night in the national championship game, it was the first time since 1979 that both teams in a championship game were making their debuts in a game for the title. That year was the Magic Johnson vs Larry Bird matchup of Michigan State against Indiana State. Johnson... Continue Reading →
When the Broncos welcomed the Huskies of Northern Illinois to Robert J Bobb stadium this afternoon, they and Seton Hall played the latest home openers in division 1 this year. The win put the Broncos record at 10-20 on the year, with a MAC record of 3-5. Chris Modrzynski struggled through 3 1/3 innings, giving... Continue Reading →
Big East football was the biggest casualty of the 2010-2014 NCAA conference realignment period, as the conference that had been founded around basketball talent had worked their way to being a major football conference before some of their top programs had left when Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College left for the ACC in 2004-2005.... Continue Reading →
I know, technically the season has started as the A's and Mariners have played a two-game set in Japan to officially start the regular season. I wanted to wait as long as possible to see if Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel would sign before the regular season started. I want to clarify: I am NOT... Continue Reading →
Murphy's Field 