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As we continue our series of Hall of Fame ballot previews with the MLB season shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, we take a look at the career of Jacoby Ellsbury. Ellsbury won two World Series during his career, both with the Red Sox. To view the full series, click here. Why is he on... Continue Reading →
As we continue our series of Hall of Fame ballot previews with the MLB season shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, we now focus on John Lackey. Lackey won three World Series in his career, one each with the Angels, Red Sox and Cubs. To view the full series, click here. Why is he on the... Continue Reading →
As we continue our series of Hall of Fame ballot previews with the MLB on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have once again run out of great candidates from an incoming class, but there are more players in the 2022 class that deserve a mention even if they won't be getting enshrined in... Continue Reading →
As we continue our series of Hall of Fame ballot previews as the MLB is on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, today we look at the most likely inductee in the 2022 class. David Ortiz, the former DH for the Boston Red Sox, who won three World Series titles and was named MVP of... Continue Reading →
As we continue with our series of Baseball Hall of Fame ballot previews while the MLB season is on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are quickly running out of candidates worth talking about in the 2021 class. Today, we look at Shane Victorino, who won four Gold Glove Awards while being named an... 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 →
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 