The Boston Red Sox kick-started the long journey to defending their back-to-back American League East Division titles this week. On Monday the team held its first full-squad workout and landed free-agent right fielder J.D. Martinez. Quite the productive day for the division champs. Pre-Season Prep The Red Sox held practice …
Read More »Diamondbacks and Dodgers Face Game 3 Tonight
The Arizona Diamondbacks will host the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in Arizona for game three of the National League Division Series. The Dodgers are coming in with two wins under their belt in the series. Arizona is hoping to fight off elimination. Dodger’s Chances Rich Hill won’t be seen on …
Read More »MLB Playoffs: Diamondbacks Hold Off Rockies
The Arizona Diamondbacks managed to hold off a pesky Colorado Rockies bunch in a back and forth battle Wednesday night to win the National League Wildcard Game. The starting pitching matchup was expected to be a great one, but offense ruled the night. Arizona Strikes Early Towards the end of the …
Read More »NL Wild Card Preview: Diamondbacks and Rockies Battle to Move On
At the start of the 2017 season, a bevy of baseball experts and analysts predicted that neither the D-backs nor the Rockies would make the playoffs. However, here we are in October with those two teams matched up to begin the National League postseason. The NL wild-card game will be …
Read More »The Wild, Wild West: NL Wild Card Playoff Preview
Two teams who are facing off against each other are both in uncharted territory. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies surprised the baseball world by making the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and 2009, respectively. How they got here Both teams are led by two of the favorites …
Read More »Marlins, Rays, Braves Looking for a Successful Week
Marlins vs Rangers The Miami Marlins are fresh off a successful weekend series in Cincinnati as they took two out of three games from the Reds. The Marlins look to finish off their six-game road trip on the right note in Arlington, Texas, as they face the Rangers who are …
Read More »MLB Regular Season Reaches All-Star Break
The MLB regular season has officially reached the halfway mark with the 2017 All-Star Game set to commence on Tuesday. The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers have emerged as World Series front runners, but there are plenty of teams with reason to be optimistic. Here’s a breakdown of the …
Read More »Feature: Yankees Coach Alan Cockrell
Alan Cockrell joined Steve Russell on WRUF Tuesday to talk about his long career and the Yankees. Yankees Tenure With the Yankees at 29-19, and sitting 1st in AL East, many baseball fans are wondering how this team has had a sudden resurgence after last year’s 4th place finish and …
Read More »MLB NL West Preview
With the start of the Major League Baseball just days away, it’s time to start previewing each division. Last season, the Chicago Cubs broke the worst curse in all of sports, breaking their 108 year championship drought. Many people are expecting them to repeat as champions, but the rest of …
Read More »Rays Win, Marlins Lose, and Braves Get Rare Win
The Tampa Bay Rays completed a 10 game road trip with a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday Afternoon. Rays Manger Kevin Cash says Jake Odorizzi kept them in the game. Odorizzi, the starting pitcher for the Rays in the game, went five innings, allowed three runs on five hits while …
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