Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) met with MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred in New York on Monday to talk about a proposed plan to eliminate 42 minor league teams across the country after the 2020 season. Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, has been an outspoken opponent of the […]
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MLB Proposal Would Eliminate 42 Minor League Teams
Major League Baseball (MLB) is pushing a proposal that could eliminate 42 minor league teams. The proposal would also restructure the relationship between the two professional baseball organizations, stripping some of the traditional powers away from MiLB. Every two years, the major and minor league baseball organizations negotiate and sign […]
Philadelphia Phillies Hire Ex-Yankees Skipper Joe Girardi as New Manager
The Philadelphia Phillies filled their manager vacancy by hiring ex-New York Yankees skipper Joe Girardi. Girardi won three World Series titles with the Yankees as a catcher in the late 1990s. He later won a World Series as the manager of the Yankees in 2009. The Yankees fired Girardi after […]
Washington Nationals 5/4 Championship Odds, First World Series in DC Since 1933
The Washington Nationals are 5/4 odds to win the championship in the first World Series in the Washington, DC area since 1933 when the Washington Senators lost to the New York Giants. The Washington Senators won their only championship with a victory in the 1924 World Series. Back then, the […]
Gerrit Cole 2-Hit Clampdown KO’s Tampa, Houston Astros Advance to Third Straight ALCS
The Houston Astros other ace, Gerrit Cole, allowed two hits and one run through eight innings during a masterful performance to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 in Game 5 of the 2019 ALDS. The Astros eliminated the Rays from the best-of-five series, and advanced to their third-straight American League […]
NLDS: Howie Kendrick and Washington Nationals Upset LA Dodgers with 10th Inning Grand Slam
In a do-or-die Game 5 of the 2019 NLDS, Washington Nationals rallied back from a 3-1 deficit against the Los Angeles Dodgers to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Nats second baseman Howie Kendrick crushed a grand slam in the top of the tenth inning to put […]
ALDS Preview: Will the Minnesota Twins Finally Beat the Damn Yankees?
The two biggest home run hitting teams in baseball, the Minnesota Twins (101-61) and New York Yankees (103-59), meet in the ALDS. The Twins have not won a playoff series since 2002, and the Yankees knocked out them out contention five out of the last six times they advanced to […]
Juan Soto Sparks Washington Nationals 8th Inning Comeback to Win NL Wild Card
Juan Soto, playing in his first postseason game with the Washington Nationals, drove in three runs with a bases loaded single off Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Nationals ahead for good. The Nationals rallied back from a 3-1 deficit to […]
2019 AL Wild Card Preview: Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland A’s in Battle of Bargain Basement Payrolls
The postseason in the American League begins with an AL wild-card preview featuring the Tampa Bay Rays and Austin Meadows visiting the Oakland A’s. The winner of the AL wild card gets to take on the 107-win Houston Astros, the 2/1 favorite in Las Vegas to win the 2019 World […]
SF Giants Skipper Bruce Bochy Becomes 11th Manager in MLB History with 2000 Wins
Less than two weeks before retirement, Bruce Bochy won his 2,000th game as a manager when the San Francisco Giants defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-3 at Fenway Park in Boston. Bochy became the 11th manager to win at least 2,000 games. The other ten managers are all in the […]
World Series Odds: Dodgers, Astros, and Yankees Three-Way Race with Two Weeks Remaining
According to William Hill, the Houston Astros are 2/1 favorites to win the 2019 World Series, the LA Dodgers are 3/2 odds, and the New York Yankees are 4/1 odds to win the championship. The popular NY Yankees (97-51) are always World Series favorites among their faithful fans. With 14 […]