While spring training is just getting underway across Arizona and Florida, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has continued his crusade to endorse the initiatives originally set forth in his inaugural January 2015 Letter to the Fans. That is, Manfred’s top priority…
In this article, I’ll continue where I left off from last week’s examination of NL Pitchers that impressed in 2016. This time, I’ll consider which American League pitchers excelled last season. Justin Verlander, RHP, Detroit Tigers During his 12-year career…
In this next column of a new off-season series exploring noteworthy players in the game last year, I’ll take a look at who the best pitchers were of 2016. Let’s start with the National League. In no particular order: Max Scherzer, RHP, Washington Nationals 2013…
Jeff Passan from Yahoo! Sports reported this week that Major League Baseball plans to test a new rule change in the minors that would “automatically” put a runner on second base in extra innings. That is, at the start of…
This column is the second in a new off-season series in which I explore who the “bosses” were of MLB in hitting, pitching and defense in 2016. So far, I took a look at who I thought were the best hitters…
As usual, in the winter months, I pine for competitive baseball. If you’re an MLB fan like me, you’re probably starting to get that itch right about now, too. So, while we impatiently wait for April 2, 2017, let’s delve…
Not unlike Major League Baseball, the sport of international track & field style events (collectively known as “Athletics”) has been struggling to attract younger fans and may be losing athletes to other sports. The roots of traditional athletics can be…
As a woman, it is probably expected of me to be offended by the idea that some MLB teams encouraged their players to dress like women as part of an annual rookie ritual. But I’m not. When I see those…
The holiday season is here again which means countless adaptations of the wildly popular “A Christmas Carol”, the 1843 novella written by Charles Dickens, are broadcast all over the world. Last week, I caught my favorite film version of the…
Am I the only baseball fan in America who actually liked the idea that the winner of the All-Star Game determined home-field advantage in the World Series? Guess that makes me an aberration, because no one else seemed to care…
Earlier in the week, I broke down some interesting matters that baseball teams are facing this early offseason and defined how each would affect the coming 2017 season. In this column, I will review the end of season MLB Awards…
As Old Man Winter is setting up shop in most parts of the country, the 2016-17 MLB offseason is officially underway. That means while nearly all baseball stadiums are in the process of preparing for hibernation, MLB’s front offices are…
