The Chicago Cubs swept the third-place Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley this weekend and are riding high after having extended their lead over the St. Louis Cardinals to 1.5 games. This is certainly cause to put a spring in their step, …
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Unlikely Predictions for the 2019 Season
It’s Opening Day! That means hope is alive for all 30 MLB teams. It also means everyone and their brother has predictions for the coming year. Since I did terribly last year, I’m going to dispense with making the standard …
Team LeBron Wins NBA All-Star Game on MJ’s Birthday
February 17, 2019 was NBA and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s 56th birthday. It was also the date of the 68th NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, where one team of competitors was captained by MJ’s biggest rival for …
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The Curse of Youppi!
Former Montréal Expos mascot Youppi!, who transitioned to representing the Montréal Canadiens NHL franchise after the Expos moved to Washington, D.C. following the 2004 season, celebrated his 40th birthday over the weekend. Various mascots from around the NHL and MLB …
My MLB New Year’s Wishes
2019 and a new MLB season is rapidly approaching, so I have decided to share my MLB hopes and dreams for the coming year (some more realistic than others). Cubs win the World Series (again) Jon Lester Cy Young campaign …
Grading My 2018 Predictions
Now that a champion has been crowned and the postseason individual awards have been handed out, it’s time to see how well I did at predicting the outcomes of the 2018 season. I had two sets of predictions, one from …
MLB Advanced Stats that Senior Citizens – and John Smoltz – Can Appreciate
It seems like one of the favorite things for old fogeys to complain about these days in relation to Major League Baseball is the so-called sabermetrics revolution. Teams are increasingly reliant on analysis of advanced stats to make personnel and …
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This “Name the Playmaker” MLB Quiz is Quite Challenging
Out of the various MLB At Bat notifications I received on Wednesday, I clicked through one from Cut4 with a “Name the Playmaker” quiz asking you to fill in the blanks with the name of the person involved in some …
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