By MIKAEL DeSANTO On Friday August 12, Alex Rodriguez will play in his final Major League Baseball game when his New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez is expected to be in the starting lineup for the game, most likely as the designated hitter, before retiring and returning to his home in Miami for the rest of the year. The Yankees have said … [Read more...] about 5 Things to know about Alex Rodriguez
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Blockbuster Special: Fixing the New York Mets
By TIM MULLHAUPT The question "remember when?" generates in many a sense of nostalgia, fond memories, and a yearning for the days of old. For Mets fans born after the early 80's, the phrase generates the polar opposite response. Remember when Beltran looked at strike three? Remember when Castillo dropped that ball? Remember when the Wilpons invested with … [Read more...] about Blockbuster Special: Fixing the New York Mets
Harper and Trout: The Latest Duo Debate
By TIM MULLHAUPT Ali and Frazier. Nadal and Federer. Nicklaus and Palmer. Brady and Manning. Magic and Bird. It's fitting that in the wake of the first 2015 NHL draft we turn the discussion to baseball. For those not familiar, the NHL's class of 2015 featured two "generational" players to the point where team's actively "tanked" for the chance to draft centers Connor … [Read more...] about Harper and Trout: The Latest Duo Debate
48 and 49: the Tale of Two 26-year old Cy Young Contenders
By TIM MULLHAUPT Without question the MLB's most sought-after pitching award is based off one's entire body of work in a given year. If the season ended today, I'd have no qualms handing Chris Archer the AL hardware (his K/9 giving him the nod over the nearly identical Sonny Gray) and I'd be content giving Gerrit Cole his first big league accolade that didn't end in "of the … [Read more...] about 48 and 49: the Tale of Two 26-year old Cy Young Contenders
These five WAR Standouts may become first time MLB All-Stars
by CURRAN McCAULEY It is hard to believe that we are already nearing the midway point of the 2015 Major League Baseball campaign. After an exhausting October, capped by a thrilling seven-game World Series, the usual offseason drama, the optimism and doldrums of spring training and the first two full months of regular season action, we have reached the point in the season where … [Read more...] about These five WAR Standouts may become first time MLB All-Stars