The first week of Major League Baseball’s 2020 postseason was memorable to say the least. For the first time, there were 16 teams eligible to make the playoffs. Each division winner, second place finisher, and next two best overall records in each league make up 8 teams on each side capturing a ticket to the…
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Billy Eppler has been the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels since 2015, and he needs to be fired. Upon us is another season of disappointing results for a team headlined by the otherworldly talent of Mike Trout. The perennial MVP candidate has been consistently dominating Major League Baseball since 2012 and does not…
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred took over in 2015 and has publicly stated that he wants to make the game faster paced and more attractive to the young fan. The path to this objective seemed clear and many felt Manfred was pulling all the right strings to implement necessary change. Due to this, he…
The labor dispute between the MLB players union and the owners went annoyingly longer than expected. Once the agreed upon number came to fruition, fans had mixed emotions. On one hand, there is officially a baseball season. On the other, it is only at 60 games. The whole process is a microcosm of 2020. Weird.…
60 is the magic number. For the first time in baseball’s extensive history, the regular season will be a sprint, and not a marathon. This will place extra importance on each game and force teams to play their best cards from jump street. One team in particular has its own joker, that should give them…
**This article will continue to be updated based on negotiations** Like so many of you, I am anxious for Major League Baseball to be back. My father, Mike Ramsey, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers, and Montreal Expos in the 80s, and my grandfather held Expos season tickets for over 30 years. Just…
The modern baseball fan ventures to the world wide web, routes their machine to www.baseballsavant.mlb.com and pulls up an advanced scouting report along with advanced statistics on any player desired. This tool for the common man epitomizes the age of baseball we are in. Every movement, play, and outcome are scrutinized like never before. The…
The Scandal: What’s on tap for 2020? The 2020 MLB season will be unlike anything baseball fans have ever seen before. This much is obvious as every new season is different than the previous. 2020 in particular, will be unprecedented. Baseball is in a whirlwind of controversy as a result of the sign-stealing scandal in…
The baseball statistic on-base + slugging percentage, or OPS, as it is more commonly called, has come to the forefront in evaluating a hitter’s ability to positively impact an offense. It is not a complex statistic by any means. The official definition is: OPS adds on-base percentage and slugging percentage to get one number that…
Something is different with the baseballs being hit in 2019. Commissioner Rob Manfred has vehemently denied this. Claiming that no changes were made in order to benefit the offensive player. The players say differently. Many pitchers have come out and stated the ball clearly benefits offense. They cite pitches normally “safe” as balls that are…