Category Archives: MLB

What It Must Feel Like To Be From Cleveland: Rooting for the Mets in the Austerity Age

Being a Mets fan has always been sort of a hardship. We have always prided ourselves as smarter and more passionate. That this never-ending cacophony of shit made us better people. But truthfully, we were blindly following a group of … Continue reading

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Point/Counterpoint: Astros Moving to the American League

Point: The Astros moving to the AL is a travesty and disrespects Baseball History by Jared Collins, Houston Native This past week, the sale of the Houston Astros resulted in more than just a change of ownership; it created a … Continue reading

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BASEBALL!!!

Now that the NFL finally finished their silly little version of the playoffs where any team can win the whole thing regardless of talent (or lack thereof) we can officially start thinking about baseball everyday.  All of them.  From now … Continue reading

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Tom Verducci Won’t Quit Until Everyone Agrees That Dome Stadiums Exist Now

In a move straight out of the Rick Reilly playbook, noted haircut Tom Verducci pulled the old double-dip on his column this week by re-writing a column he wrote last year on the same subject.*  That’s right, in keeping with … Continue reading

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Mariners Downplay Rumors They’re Trying to Improve Their Team

In what can only be described as a bold PR move, the Seattle Mariners are trying to hush rumors that they’re trying to shed a burdensome salary, paid to a barely average third basemen with absolutely no power to speak of. The Seattle … Continue reading

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Tampa Bay Rays Agree to Terms with Trot Nixon/Gabe Kapler

After announcing this weekend that they had reached agreements with free agents Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays followed up by announcing that they had completed their offseason goal of signing the entire starting outfield (including … Continue reading

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The “Who Gives A Shit?” Article of the Day

We’re in the doldrums of baseball right now, folks.  The big free agents have signed and there is little likelihood of any big trades being made before Spring Training.  Pitchers and Catchers don’t report for another 24 days and for most of … Continue reading

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Whatever Will They Do???

This is the headline in the MLB section of SI.com right now.  The subcaption says “will the yankees really replace a legend with a rookie?”  As if that’s the first fucking time in the history of baseball that a good … Continue reading

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Weekly Power Rankings That Last Published In June

With only one month of regular season baseball left to go, I figured it was time to bore you all with some updated power rankings. It’s been two months since I last covered this, and in that time, MLB teams … Continue reading

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