World Series Bet of the Night: 10/28/2022

Oct 28, 2022
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. I can’t even begi...

Bet of the Night: 10/23/2022

Oct 23, 2022
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. Yesterday, I gave you W...

The 2022 MLB All-Star Game Deserves An Oscar

Jul 21, 2022
The 2022 MLB All-Star game was a huge success. Fans and players alike were treated to a great game and a great show. The night was filled with players that wore microphones, custom gloves, and some bi...

Are the New York Yankees… underrated?

May 1, 2022
Trying to understand the New York Yankees fanbase is a colossal waste of time. Reading Yankees Twitter is a cesspool, and don’t even get me started on Yankees Facebook. But the one thing I’...

CCAA Schools Excited That Baseball is Back!

Feb 3, 2022
With the exception of some key guidelines, most college athletes were able to compete during the 2021 season. Meanwhile, Baseball for CCAA schools has been dormant for the past two years. Now in 2022,...

Giving Back Through The Novelty Of Baseball Cards

Oct 11, 2021
Drew Knowles is a senior in high school with a passion for both card collecting and sports. For Drew, collecting sports cards was just a childhood hobby. But when COVID-19 hit in 2020, he decided to g...

MLB Struck Gold In A Cornfield: What’s Next?

Aug 16, 2021
As Kevin Costner wandered the fresh grass of a field built adjacent to the famous cornfield featured in Field of Dreams (1989), memories, dreams and aspirations returned to the minds of every person t...

MLB Trade Deadline: Two Weeks Removed, Still Shocking

Aug 11, 2021
The dust has settled over a chaotic trade deadline that saw many key players from teams switch uniforms. The Giants and Dodgers tacked on to their already-loaded rosters in an arms race for either div...

Stadium Series #4: Forbes Field (Pittsburgh)

Jul 28, 2021
For the fourth edition of the stadium series, we’re going back to another old-school ballpark. Keeping with the Pennsylvania theme, this week’s edition is Forbes Field, home of the Pittsbu...

Stadium Series #3: Baker Bowl (Philadelphia)

Jun 30, 2021
The oldest stadium to be featured so far, the Baker Bowl has all the oddities you could want from a ballpark that opened before the dead ball era. The Bandbox of Philadelphia The Baker Bowl originally...

MLB Ending Sticky Situation

Jun 17, 2021
It’s well documented that Major League Baseball has had a problem with pitchers that doctor baseballs for increased spin rate. This meant that pitchers were using various substances in order to ...

Stadium Series #2: Los Angeles Coliseum

Jun 9, 2021
Our last featured park was Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, a football stadium that somehow shoehorned the Blue Jays in. For the next stadium, we have a bit of a similar situation. The Los Angeles Memor...

Stadium Series #1: Exhibition Stadium (Toronto)

May 28, 2021
Since the start of last season, the Toronto Blue Jays have been unable to play at Rogers Centre, their home ballpark. The Jays spent 2020 at their Triple-A stadium, Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York, ...

The Complicated Success of Domingo Germán

May 17, 2021
Domingo Germán’s return to baseball was certainly not without controversy. After missing the 2019 postseason and all of 2020 due to a suspension for domestic violence, many fans didn’t wa...

How Aroldis Chapman Got His Groove Back

May 10, 2021
Aroldis Chapman has long been one of baseball’s most feared relievers. The flamethrowing southpaw is known for his incredible velocity, including a 2010 pitch now measured at 105.8 mph. Of cours...

Minor League Baseball Returns

May 5, 2021
Minor League Baseball is officially back after a year loss due to COVID-19. Minor league baseball is in full swing as of yesterday (May 4th), with both teams and players eager to get things started ag...

How Jonathan Loaisiga Became a Shutdown Reliever

Apr 26, 2021
The Yankees have long been fans of Jonathan Loaisiga. After being released by the Giants in 2015, he signed with the Bronx Bombers. Tommy John surgery delayed his development, and he finally made his ...

Yankees’ Bats Come to Life in Win Over Cleveland

Apr 23, 2021
Well, they were certainly overdue. After a horrid, putrid stretch of baseball, the New York Yankees finally got their offense to wake up on Thursday night. In a 6-3 win in Cleveland, the Bombers recor...

Padres-Dodgers Is Baseball At Its Best

Apr 18, 2021
It isn’t the World Series. It isn’t even October. But the series between the Dodgers and the Padres sure feels like playoff baseball, even in April. Right now, this is the most exciting ri...

Learn the Name Akil Baddoo

Apr 15, 2021
If you don’t know the name Akil Baddoo by now, you need to pick your head out of the dirt. He’s a 22-year-old center fielder for the Detroit Tigers and is setting the league on fire. Throu...

Is It Time for Yankees Fans to Panic?

Apr 15, 2021
Entering the 2021 MLB season, the Yankees were one of the favorites to win the World Series. The PECOTA projections also expected the Bombers to finish with the best record in the American League. How...

Kyle Higashioka Powers Yankee to Win in Dunedin

Apr 13, 2021
On Monday night, the New York Yankees did something that the franchise had never done before. They played a regular-season game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. The temporary home of the Toronto Bl...

Examining the Hot Start for the Yankees’ Bullpen

Apr 7, 2021
We’re less than a week into the 2021 MLB regular season, so naturally it’s time to completely overreact based on an extraordinarily small sample size. In the first five games of the season...

Ohtani Dazzles on Sunday Night Baseball

Apr 5, 2021
On Sunday night, Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani did something he’d never done before: pitched and hit in the same major-league game. The Japanese-born star took the mound for the Angels, st...

2021 MLB Award Predictions

Mar 31, 2021
Tomorrow is the big day. Wednesday has slowly crawled along, almost like it’s Christmas Eve. To pass some time, here are my predictions for the MLB awards in each league. On top of picking a win...

The Rockies Pitching Could Be Their Biggest Strength

Mar 31, 2021
With the Rockies playing in what most consider to be a hitters ballpark, maintaining quality pitching can be a bit challenging. In the second episode of the Pretenders Or Contenders show, we discussed...

2021 American League Projected Standings

Mar 30, 2021
Can you believe it? The long, long months are over. Opening Day is almost here. Before the season begins, I decided to look around the American League and see where each team stands entering 2021. For...

Harmony Baseball Academy: Onward & Upward

Mar 23, 2021
Just before Christmas of this past year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Arsel Giowou, the founder and operator of the Harmony Baseball Academy in Cameroon. Exploring the history of the game in Af...

Breakout Candidates for Every AL East Team

Mar 22, 2021
The 2021 MLB season is only 10 days away. As it approaches, let’s take a look around the AL East and see who on each team could be break out and establish themselves as regular contributors at t...

Is Mike Tauchman’s Yankee Tenure Coming to an End?

Mar 20, 2021
Throughout the spring, Mike Tauchman has been fighting for a role with the New York Yankees. After struggling in 2020, Tauchman is currently battling against players like Jay Bruce and Derek Dietrich ...

Yankees, Mets Allow 20% Capacity to Start Season

Mar 19, 2021
For both New York baseball teams, the regular season is approaching fast. When it arrives, there will be fans in the seats of Yankee Stadium and Citi Field for the first time in well over a year. On T...

MLB announces new rules for minor league baseball

Mar 14, 2021
Earlier this week, the MLB announced there would be new rules across their lower levels. The new rule changes that will be in affect once the minor leagues start will be different for all minor league...

The Long, Winding Road of Lucas Luetge

Mar 12, 2021
Making it to Major League Baseball is very, very hard. Staying there is even harder. Just ask Lucas Luetge. The 33-year-old lefthander is currently at Spring Training with the Yankees, attempting to c...

Making a Case for Derek Dietrich in Pinstripes

Mar 8, 2021
As the New York Yankees progress through Spring Training, one veteran is attempting to make a case to be on the roster come Opening Day. Here’s why Derek Dietrich could end up an important membe...

Batter by Batter: Domingo Germán Returns to the Mound

Mar 5, 2021
On Friday afternoon, all eyes were on Domingo Germán. The 28-year-old righthander took the mound for his Spring debut against the Tigers. He last pitched in an MLB game on September 18, 2019, after b...

State of the AL East: 2021 Projected Standings

Mar 4, 2021
As the spring continues, fans will get more insight into each team around baseball. Let’s take a look at each team in the AL East, and how they fare coming into the 2021 season. #1 New York Yank...

Mike Tauchman Fighting for a Role with the Yankees

Feb 28, 2021
The New York Yankees opened Spring Training on Sunday, against the Toronto Blue Jays. One Yankee outfielder, Mike Tauchman, found himself in the starting lineup with something to prove. What You Tauch...

Predicting the Mets’ Opening Day Roster

Feb 22, 2021
The team from Queens has had quite an offseason. Under new owner Steve Cohen, the Mets have made several big splashes and acquisitions since the end of last season. Let’s break down what their O...

What Do the Yankees Do With Domingo Germán?

Feb 19, 2021
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán is an interesting case. His tenure in the Bronx has been complicated, to say the least. With Spring Training 2021 officially underway, it seems that Germán ha...

Could Luis Severino Return Earlier Than Expected?

Feb 18, 2021
Luis Severino received Tommy John surgery in February of last year. The typical recovery time for Tommy John is usually 12-18 months. Yankees GM Brian Cashman addressed the return of Severino a few we...

Predicting the Yankees’ Opening Day Roster

Feb 17, 2021
Coming into the 2021 MLB season, the Yankees still boast one of the strongest rosters in baseball. However, this does not mean they are without issue. With Spring Training officially underway, the Bro...

Mets Sign Outfielder Albert Almora

Feb 7, 2021
The Mets’ search for a true defensive center fielder has seemingly ended. Early on Sunday morning, Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reported that the team has agreed to a deal with 26-year-old Albe...

How Jeff Bridich Drove Nolan Arenado Out of Town

Feb 3, 2021
A blockbuster trade, announced on Friday and officially finalized on Monday, sent shockwaves throughout the baseball world. Star third baseman Nolan Arenado has been sent to the St. Louis Cardinals, i...

The Suffer Index: MLB Fanbases

Feb 1, 2021
The Suffer Index is back again, this time with America’s pastime. That’s right, we’re taking on the MLB this time around. Once again, I made a few changes, but I think it better enca...

Yankees Sign Veteran Reliever Darren O’Day

Jan 27, 2021
There’s a new pitcher in the Bronx, and he throws sidearm. According to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic, the Bronx Bombers have agreed to terms with 38-year-old reliever Darren O’Day. It was...

Yankees Acquire Jameson Taillon from Pirates

Jan 24, 2021
The New York Yankees continue to bolster their pitching staff, as Jason Mackey reports that the Bombers have acquired righthander Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Taillon joins Gerrit Cole...

Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Dead at 86

Jan 22, 2021
Henry Louis Aaron was born on February 5th, 1934. He was forced to overcome immeasurable obstacles throughout his life. By the time he left us on Friday morning, he had established himself as a true A...

Baseball’s 5 Potential Breakout Candidates for 2021

Jan 20, 2021
Every year, we see young players burst onto the scene and make a name for themselves at the major league level. As we approach the 2021 MLB campaign, let’s take a look at five potential candidat...

How Kyle Hendricks Could End Up in the Bronx

Jan 18, 2021
Even with the acquisition of Corey Kluber, the New York Yankees are still dealing with a few potential question marks when it comes to pitching. Despite rave reviews from scouts and fellow players, it...

Why Corey Kluber and the Yankees Make Too Much Sense

Jan 14, 2021
Throughout this offseason, the main focus of both the New York Yankees and their fans has been the campaign to resign D.J. LeMahieu. And with good reason, too. LeMahieu has hit .336 since joining the ...

Hall Of Fame Pitcher Phil Niekro Passes Away at 81

Dec 28, 2020
There have been a handful of pitchers that could throw the elusive “Knuckle Ball” and even fewer that could throw it with dominance. Phil Niekro enhanced his career with the pitch, while a...

Blake Snell Traded to Padres

Dec 28, 2020
Late on Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Rays traded away 2018 AL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell, first reported by Dennis Lin. The Deal The Rays, coming off a World Series appearance in the shortened 2...

Harmony Academy: Bringing Baseball To Cameroon

Dec 21, 2020
While Baseball is America’s pastime and growing in popularity in other countries around the world, some spots around the globe find themselves unfamiliar with the century and a half old sport. H...

Interview With Michigan State’s Dominic Hann

Dec 19, 2020
Dominic Hann is a freshman pitcher for the Michigan State Baseball program. In the interview, we go over his recruitment process, high school baseball, the COVID situation for the baseball offseason, ...

Winter Leagues: Baseball’s Developmental Savior

Dec 8, 2020
Throughout various countries, competitive winter baseball leagues continue popping up, attracting new players around the globe. With minor league baseball leagues taking the regular season off due to ...

White Sox go all-in, acquire Lance Lynn

Dec 8, 2020
Late Monday night, the Chicago White Sox made the biggest splash of the offseason so far, acquiring Lance Lynn in a trade with the Texas Rangers. In return, Texas received Chicago’s #5 prospect,...

Baseball’s Enigma: the Best Zack Greinke Stories

Nov 23, 2020
Zack Greinke has had a phenomenal career. Since his debut in 2004, he has been a six-time All-Star and a six-time Gold Glove winner. In addition, he won the Cy Young award in 2009 and has finished as ...

Robinson Cano Banned For 2021 MLB Season

Nov 21, 2020
On November 18th, 2020, the MLB announced that New York Mets’ Robinson Cano has been banned for the 2021 Season without pay. The 38-year old Second Baseman tested positive for PED’s for th...

Rob Manfred Hates Baseball

Nov 2, 2020
Robert Manfred was elected as the next commissioner of Major League Baseball in August 2014, succeeding longtime commissioner Bud Selig. The ironic thing about this? Manfred doesn’t seem to at a...

Prepare for MLB Free Agency to Get Ugly

Oct 30, 2020
Free agency in baseball has long been difficult to navigate, for both players and teams alike. However, after a historically strange 2020 season, the upcoming free agency period could be unlike any ot...

MLB and The Los Angeles Dodgers Owe Us An Explanation

Oct 28, 2020
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning their first World Series since 1988. However, we need to talk about what happened after the game. Actually, we need to talk about what happened be...

The Case for Postseason Kershaw

Oct 21, 2020
It is something that we have all heard many, many times. The “Clayton Kershaw chokes in the playoffs” narrative has permeated the baseball world, and has reached meme status for the past s...

Ian Anderson to start NLCS Game 7 for Braves

Oct 17, 2020
Ian Anderson has pitched in elimination games before. In his senior year of high school at Shenendehowa in 2016, he threw a complete-game shutout, with 8 strikeouts, in the state semifinal game agains...

Yanks’ Season Relies on Jordan Montgomery

Oct 8, 2020
In an article from July, I said that Jordan Montgomery “will be a key depth piece in the Yankees’ chase for their 28th title.” Well, here we are. With the Bronx Bombers trailing two ...

In Defense of a 16-Team Playoff (This Year)

Sep 30, 2020
If you are like a lot of baseball fans, you were probably a little upset when Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 postseason would consist of 16 teams in total. You might have been even more...

How Corbin Burnes became a Cy Young contender

Sep 21, 2020
The Cy Young race in the National League features some guys you’re probably familiar with. Jacob deGrom, Yu Darvish, and Trevor Bauer seem to be the consensus top three at the moment. However, B...

Ryan Braun: The Greatest Brewer

Sep 17, 2020
Last night, Ryan Braun hit his 350th career home run off of Johan Oviedo. The line drive that just got over the wall, joined Braun’s name with 95 others who have had that amount of power. As som...

How Ian Happ has put himself in the NL MVP race

Sep 10, 2020
Think of MVP candidates in the National League this year. There are a few obvious ones. The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres, maybe Freddie Freeman in Atlanta. Now think o...

Is Devin Williams bringing back the screwball?

Sep 9, 2020
In terms of elite relievers in the league, there are a lot of guys that likely come to mind before Devin Williams. In fact, you probably thought of Williams’ own teammate, that Josh Hader guy, b...

Padres acquire Mitch Moreland from Red Sox

Aug 31, 2020
As the trade deadline approaches, “Slam Diego” continues to act as buyers. On Sunday afternoon, it was announced that the Padres have acquired Mitch Moreland from the Boston Red Sox. In re...

Should the Indians trade Mike Clevinger?

Aug 30, 2020
After this month’s fiasco regarding the Indians and two of their pitchers breaking COVID-19 protocol, the team is left with an interesting question in whether or not to trade SP Mike Clevinger. Brea...

Injury Bug Continues to Bite Yankees

Aug 20, 2020
The baseball gods are not known for being forgiving. However, they seem to have some sort of grudge against the New York Yankees in recent years. They have once again sent the injury bug to the Bronx....

MLB Needs More Tatis PIMP Jobs

Aug 18, 2020
If you are a boomer and hate young people having fun, then this is not the article for you. Late Monday night, Fernando Tatis Jr., one of the young faces of baseball did something that had the ‘...

Not Gonna Lie Episode 85 Ft. Joon Lee of ESPN

Jul 15, 2020
Joon Lee hops on the podcast to talk about the MLB restart, some unique opportunities that arise from it and his early World Series predictions. Then I dive into Patrick Mahomes’ contract and wh...

The Best DH Options for Every NL Team

Jun 30, 2020
As part of the rule changes for the upcoming MLB season, National League teams will feature a DH in their lineups for the first time in history. This leaves all 15 teams with several intriguing option...

BREAKING: Haley Cruse Appears to Off the Market

May 12, 2020
BREAKING: Tik Tok heartthrob and Oregon Softball superstar, Haley Cruse, appears to be off the market. Well fellas, we tried. For months we’ve awkwardly tweeted, dm’ed, commented, along wi...

Backyard Baseball Dynasty: Game 2

May 6, 2020
In the fast-paced world that is the Backyard Baseball universe, the reviews were in after my coaching debut. I had many viewers chirping at my inability to generate offense without the benefit of the ...

Backyard Baseball Dynasty: Game 1

May 2, 2020
The Little Wombats geared up for their inaugural game as a franchise and nerves were running rampant in the clubhouse. Expectations for the team are sky high. Stars Sammy Sosa and Pablo Sanchez lead w...

Where Does Rob Manfred Go From Here?

Mar 2, 2020
Mike Fiers publicized the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal that polarized the sports world over four months ago. The Commissioner’s office and Rob Manfred punished the 2017 World Series ch...

Iowa Baseball Sweeps #23 Illinois

Apr 1, 2019
The season is still young for the Hawkeyes baseball team, but after being swept by Indiana in the first conference series of the season, Iowa needed a confidence booster. The Hawks got just that. They...

Bearcats baseball recap vs Florida Atlantic

Feb 21, 2019
The first weekend is complete, and the Bearcats have some work to do. Their first series of the year was at Florida Atlantic, a team who finished last year with a 43-19-1 record while making the NCAA ...

How the Bearcats are Reloading

Feb 15, 2019
Baseball season is upon us! College baseball has started today, and man am I excited. The Bearcats had a decent season last year going 28-28 and leading the entire nation with the most double plays. T...

Return to the Diamond: 2019 College Baseball Preview

Feb 12, 2019
Baseball season is just around the corner. The opening weekend of college baseball kicks off this Friday, February 15th. Major league pitchers and catchers are beginning to report to their respective ...

Kyler Murray to the NFL

Feb 11, 2019
Kyler Murray has officially made his choice. Since his last football game at Oklahoma and declaring for the draft in January, it has seemed more clear that the Heisman Trophy winner was going to choos...

My Trip to Omaha

Jul 3, 2018
Not a great travel guide. To start this off, I just want to point out that the trip from Starkville, Mississippi to Omaha is a bitch, and I don’t think I will ever make it again unless I am bein...

Extra Innings 4: The Week That Was in College Baseball

Mar 14, 2018
March Madness has begun, but with all the attention focused on college basketball, now is not the time to forget about college baseball. Conference play begins shortly, and before we all know it, it w...

Extra Innings 3: The Week That Was in College Baseball

Mar 6, 2018
As college basketball begins its ascent to the national spotlight with March Madness, college baseball should not be pushed to the back-burner. This past week featured a matchup between two top-15 tea...

#RallyChestSZN

Feb 27, 2018
“College Baseball Is Fun” – PJ Guippone College Baseball is here, and oh boy we are off to a very hot start. Perfect Games, more No-No’s than a Mutumbo Finger Wave, and now we ...