Well there you have it, folks. The 2018 MLB season has wrapped. The awards have been handed out, the Red Sox have collected their ninth World Series win and sadly, the bats and balls have been stowed again for the winter. This season I chose to focus on Shohei Ohtani, Greg Bird and Jameson Taillon. …
Well folks, it’s back. Baseball season is upon us once again. Fresh cut grass, the popping and smacking sounds of dozens of ball players playing catch on said grass. It’s regal, and majestic, and awesome. The hot topic this season is the arrival of the multi-talented Shohei Ohtani. Touted as the “Japanese Babe Ruth,” Ohtani…
So I blew it with my last two predictions, plain and simple. My record now stands at 4-2. Now it’s time for the big one – the Super Bowl. I’ll admit it, I, like Luke Skywalker before me, got cocky. So sure was I that my O vs D spreadsheet was infallible I didn’t stop…
Alabama coaching legend Bear Bryant is often credited with coining the phrase, “Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.” Is this a statement based on objective, statistical research or a subjective, gut feeling? It’s quite possible that comments like Coach Bryant’s begin as nothing more than a sound bite, but are then slowly embraced as…
OK Folks, Now that the 2017 Major League Baseball season has wrapped up it’s time to take a look back and see how close (read: wildly inaccurate) my predictions were. Let’s get started… 1 – Kawasaki to have a better year than Rosales I wrote a piece a while back where I suggested that…
Alright folks, it’s the All Star break so it’s time to check in on my predictions. Let’s get started… Prediction #1 – Munenori Kawasaki to have a better year than Adam Rosales Since no Major League team wanted to sign Kawasaki, he returned to Japan and promptly suited up for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. …
Lately, the speed of baseball games has dominated conversation. From Commissioner Manfred to Joe Barstool, everybody has an opinion on how long it seems to take to complete 9 innings of ball and what should be done to remedy the situation. Often times, the slowness of a game was primarily due to players stepping out…
It’s an integral part of almost every teen movie – the blonde haired, blue-eyed star athlete. He’s the ace pitcher and the best hitter on the baseball team, he’s the swashbuckling quarterback who dates the head cheerleader, and he’s the captain of the soccer team who scores goals by the boatload. On top of…
The 2017 Major League Baseball season is fast approaching and I have again decided to go out on several limbs and release my annual predictions. Last year I went 2 for 6 so hopefully I can up my game and improve on those numbers. Prediction #1: Munenori Kawasaki to have a better year than…
Imagine for a moment that you’re the GM of a Major League Baseball team. It’s something every fan has done at some point or another. Whether you’re shouting obscenities at your TV or tinkering with your fantasy team, we’ve all imagined what it would be like to call the shots for a big league club. …
In both my business and personal life, when confronted with a challenge, I often think of Brad Pitt’s line from Moneyball – “If we try to play like the Yankees in here we will lose to the Yankees out there.” It’s a simple reminder to think outside the box, no matter how unorthodox it might…
After eight less than impressive seasons Jay Cutler’s time in Chicago may be coming to an end. Thanks to some amazing advances in technology I’ve been able to travel forward in time to see how he fared after leaving the Bears. Before we go any further I must warn you, it’s not pretty. End of…
A few months ago I posted some predictions for the 2016 Major League season. I had previously made these predictions to my buddy Steve and later found time to expand on them. They were: Maikel Franco to hit 30+ home runs. Jason Hammel to win 15+ games and have a solid, but unnoticeable season. Giancarlo…
Ask any Bostonian to tell you the single greatest moment in Red Sox history and you’re almost certain to hear about Dave Roberts’ stolen base in game four of the 2004 ALCS (I did and my buddy “Boston Steve” immediately cited Roberts’ larceny as his #1 Red Sox moment). After working a lead-off walk, Kevin…
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