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
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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
In a game of cards, St. Louis is coming up all aces
A breakdown of the Cards’ staff’s historic start By TIM MULLHAUPT What now? The questions began early in the offseason when the Cardinals dealt their young fourth starter to the Atlanta Braves for the middling yet talented Jason Heyward and reliever Jordan Walden. At the time there weren’t too many unsettled in the heart of Missouri; these are the Cardinals, someone’s … [Read more...] about In a game of cards, St. Louis is coming up all aces