Category: "Baseball"

Rays Poised to Become Dominant Power in AL East?

In what is surely one of the most interesting battles going on in baseball this season, the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees are fighting tooth and nail to hold the lead in the AL East and hold the title of “best team in baseball” through the regular season.With both sitting pretty with 67 [...]

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‘Year of the Umpire’ Continues

Bob Davidson’s blown call is the latest blunder in a growing list of poor umpiring performances.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent

After what seemed like an enormous wait for both ESPN and Yankees fans alike, Alex Rodriguez finally hit his 600th career home run on August 4th versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Rodriguez has seemingly been approaching the big milestone numbers for years now, as he has been one of the most consistent power threats in [...]

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To relegate or not to relegate

This time of year, as baseball enters its stretch drive toward the postseason, we are often treated to a bunch of largely-meaningless games intertwined in the pennant race. It is the time of summer when writers in the U.S. like to talk about what a European-style system of promotion and relegation could mean for competitive [...]

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Rangers Auction Should Trigger Alarm Bells

The sale of the Texas Rangers has been finalized, but the process was full of bias. In the end, it just felt like the fix was in.

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600 – Do you care?

Well, it finally happened.  Alex Rodriguez finally hit his 600th home run today, becoming the fastest to 600 (fastest age wise, game wise, Ruth did it in 183 fewer games).  My question to you is, do you care?  I mean for those of you who don’t actually work for ESPN.

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Ozzie Guillen Opens Mouth, Spews Little Sense

Outspoken White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is at it again. Never one to be afraid of speaking his mind, Guillen has this time criticized Major League Baseball for their treatment of Latino players, especially in relation to how they treat ballplayers of other races. Guillen claims that Latino ballplayers aren’t afforded the same luxuries as [...]

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MLB Power Rankings, Week of August 2nd

The latest Sports Nickel MLB Power Rankings.

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