As we continue our series of Hall of Fame ballot previews with the MLB season on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have reached the incoming class of 2023, or 2017 retirees from the MLB. Today, we look at Carlos Beltrán, a nine-time All-Star who won the Rookie of the Year award in 1999.... Continue Reading →
2019 MLB Award Selections
I obviously don't have an official MLB Awards vote. If I did, however, these would be my picks. I'll be making picks for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Reliever of the Year, and Silver Slugger Awards, I don't think I watched enough baseball this year to make good Gold Glove picks and not... Continue Reading →
The 2019 MLB Home Run Explosion, by Records
Everyone who follows baseball has heard, by now, about the all-time high level of home runs in 2019. With that has come, and will continue to come in September, a lot of home run records. Some of these records have interesting stories to them, so we decided to take a look at the most interesting... Continue Reading →
What Major League Baseball Was Like When: The Cubs Last Won the World Series
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 →
What Major League Baseball Was Like When: The Red Sox Last Won the World Series
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 →
MLB Season Forecast
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 →