MLB Draft: Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule
Jahmai Jones of the Los Angeles Angels had his MLB debut on September 1st against the Seattle Mariners. The 2015 second-round draft pick received his call up on August 31st and entered the game the following day. Jones had been training at the Angels camp in Long Beach as part of their 60-man taxi squad […]
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Teams Decline 2021 Options on Several Notable MLB Players Now that the World Series is officially in the books, the attention turns towards the Hot Stove. The first big deadline this Hot Stove season is from now until Friday to exercise or decline player’s options. As a standard tradition in the MLB, this part of […]
The Pfister Hotel 1.2 billion years ago two tectonic plates ripped apart, creating a mid-continent rift, which formed what we know today as Lake Michigan. 1,199,999,873 billion years later the Pfister Hotel opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin three blocks from Lake Michigan. The hotel was the brainchild of Guido Pfister and his son, Charles. Guido passed […]
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