10 Things That Will Happen In The 2020 Baseball Season

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by Russ_Cohen - June 24, 2020June 25, 20200

So, there will be a weird 60-game season that is fashioned for younger people, but most younger people hate baseball, so now Rob Manfred has alienated the base that loves the sport, not all of it but a large percentage. What has the sport done to say they will be

Welcome to The Demise of National League Baseball

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by Russ_Cohen - June 18, 20200

Rob Manfred is going to get his way and install the designated hitter into the game for the next two years and then magically it will be in the CBA and that will be that. National League fans know this, and most despise the idea of it. Manfred grew up

Ballplayer Melissa Mayeux Should Be Drafted This June

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by Russ_Cohen - May 28, 2020May 28, 20200

Major League Baseball will have its annual June Draft on the 10th and 11th. This year it’s gone through a big change. It’s only five rounds long and players won’t be getting nearly what they used to upfront because of the pandemic and the change in the format. One storyline

MLB Should Shutdown Spring Training and Delay the Season

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by Russ_Cohen - March 12, 20200

This one seems like an easy decision. Yes, it affects local economies and jobs, but getting sick is worse, especially for those who don’t have health insurance or adequate funds. The Coronavirus is causing havoc around the world and the belief by the experts is we’re not through the worst

Major League Baseball is a Public Trust and They’re Quickly Losing That Trust

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by Russ_Cohen - February 16, 20200

The Astros are the heels of the sport, for good reason, but now having MLB commissioner Rob Manfred stand up there and saying the Astros and Red Sox are the only teams being investigated is short-sighted. Red Sox verdict is due at the end of the following week, not this

The National League DH, What an Awful Idea

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by Russ_Cohen - January 27, 20200

Every year we hear the warnings. The Designated Hitter will be in the National League by the year ______. Now we are being threatened, as a National League fan that’s exactly how it feels, that it will be next season. The teams that have players signed to bad contracts must be

Daniel Vogelbach – A Heavier Version of Ted Williams

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by Russ_Cohen - April 22, 20190

Ok, I’m kidding. I wanted to get your attention because this player is doing some amazing things this year. He was a big-time prospect who got lost in the minors for a while but now at the age of 26, he’s putting it all together. This year this slugger has played

The Real Arms Race

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by The Colonel - April 1, 2019April 1, 20190

I recall hearing somewhere that hitting a round baseball with a round bat squarely was the hardest thing to do in sports. Now that we measure launch angles and swing speeds and MPH of every ball hit fair or foul, I think we can say a lot of folks have

Baseball is Back with the Signing of Bryce Harper

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by Russ_Cohen - February 28, 20190

Baseball has been slagging a bit. Even this season has started off without a bang thanks to Manny Machado (Padres) and Bryce Harper, waiting to sign. Harper finally signed and it’s a record haul, $13 years, $330 million dollars (people in Philadelphia will now remember where they were when this

The Rivalry Continues Red Sox Mockingly Sing Yankee Theme Song

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by Harvey Frommer - November 4, 2018November 4, 20180

Feeling it after winning another world championship, champagne-soaked Boston players let it all hang out as some sang along off-key the Yankee theme song “New York, New York” that blasted forth from a boombox. It was just the latest salvo in the great rivalry – Yankees versus Red Sox. The first game