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Nick’s Picks: Overshadowed by the Dodgers offseason, Giants still the pick in NL West

Five picks down, one more to go! So far I have picked some interesting teams representing baseball’s six divisions (AL West , AL East, AL Central, NL West, NL East, NL Central). The reason why I picked...
Nick’s Picks: Braves and Nats Better Not Forget About Philly!

The Philadelphia Phillies have been a National League East juggernaut from 2007-2011. They finished in first place in the NL East all five seasons and made it to the World Series back-to-back...
Stan Musial: Saying Good-Bye to One of Baseballs Greats

They say these things happen in threes. We just said good-bye to legendary baseball coach Earl Weaver yesterday and now on the same day we find ourselves doing the same to...
The Peculiar Side of Sports: Should the World Series Really be the “North American Series”?

Winning the World Series is one of the monumental feats in professional sports. After all, the winner of the seven-game series is crowned champion of the world, right? Is the team...
Can the Detroit Tigers Mount a World Series Comeback?

2012 was a banner year for the Detroit Tigers. After making some key off-season moves, including one of the biggest signings of the year in Prince Fielder (9 years, $214 million)...
New York Yankees Drama: Rain, Injuries and A-Rod

“Drama” has been the best way to explain the 2012 ALCS. While the drama continued in the series between the Tigers and the Yankees with the postponement of the game due...
Why It’s Time to Relocate the Tampa Bay Rays

Major League Baseball is dead in Tampa Bay. If you don’t believe me, check out Tampa’s attendance figures this year, or the past fourteen years for that matter. On September 23...
The King’s Gem and Melky’s Shame: The beautiful and ugly sides of Baseball

It is ironic that on the same day, August 15, Major League Baseball produced two major stories which fundamentally epitomize the current state of baseball. I am, of course, referring to...
Death of Dominance, and the Rise of Parity in Professional Sports

In football, seldom has the best team in the regular season hoisted the Vince Lombardi trophy at the end of the year. Through just a little research, I found that this...
Maybe Winning Championships is Irrelevant?

Then I began to completely hallucinate and extended the thought to other teams who have gone decades without championships; what if they, too, won? From baseball we have the aforementioned Cubbies along...
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A Fatal Move that Might Cost the Cards the Series

He’s no Bill Buckner, but manager Tony La Russa might have made the error that costs his team the series. After game one’s pinch-hit heroic’s, game two looked to be going...
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World Series- Game 1

The Cardiac Cards are 3 wins away from completing one of the best Cinderella stories in baseball history. But, there is a pretty big obstacle in their way; That obstacle being...