In 2020, the Tampa Bay Rays won the AL East and AL Pennant. Fans were either held to a limited capacity or not allowed to attend games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, they won 100 games, and repeated as AL East Champions. Even then, with star …
Read More »Yankees Hire First Woman Manager, Meet Rachel Balkovec
Rachel Balkovec had completed two master’s degrees and an internship with the St. Louis Cardinals. But when she applied to fifteen baseball teams in the Phoenix area, she heard nothing back. The then-waitress and Lululemon worker changed the name on her resume from ‘Rachel’ to ‘Rae.’ In addition, she said …
Read More »Lockout, Work Stoppage Looms for MLB
The MLB season may be over, but battles are far from it. The league and the Major League Baseball Players Association have a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which expires Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. If the two sides don’t agree (which seems likely at this point), team owners will force …
Read More »MLB Free Agency: New York Mets and Texas Rangers Land Big Fish
While most people call New York the big apple, others like to say “It’s always bigger in Texas.” This past Monday, two of baseball’s biggest free agents, Corey Seager and Max Scherzer ink deals to join new teams for this upcoming season and beyond. Scherzer’s deal guarantees him $130 million …
Read More »Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes and Toronto’s Robbie Ray Win 2021 Cy Young Awards
Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes won the National League Cy Young Award, and Toronto Blue Jays starter Robbie Ray took home the American League Cy Young Award. The award is voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and given to the best pitchers in Major League …
Read More »Atlanta Wins World Series For The First Time In 26 Years
The Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series, defeating the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 to take the series, 4-2. Jorge Soler delivered a massive three-run blast in the third inning to put Atlanta up early and earning himself the MVP award. The Braves are now World Series champions …
Read More »Braves Crush Dodgers 9-2 in Game 4 of NLCS
The Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 Wednesday night in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. The Braves now lead the series 3-1, with the potential to clinch their first World Series berth since 1999. Atlanta’s Explosive Offense It didn’t take Atlanta very long to hush …
Read More »Houston Advances As White Sox’s Season Ends
On Tuesday, the Houston Astros advance to the ALCS after a blowout win against the Chicago White Sox in ALDS Game 4. The Astros clinched a spot in the ALCS with a 10-1 victory. They will be playing the Boston Red Sox, a rematch of the 2018 ALCS. Game Recap …
Read More »Braves One Win From NLCS Birth
The first blow came before the season even started. On July 22, Atlanta Braves’ star pitcher Mike Soroka re-tore his right Achilles and needed season ending surgery. The second blow occurred on July 10. Atlanta’s Superstar outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was sprinting back while tracking a line drive off the …
Read More »Chris Taylor and the Dodgers Walk-Off into NLDS
The winner-take-all National League Wild Card game did not disappoint as the Los Angeles Dodgers walked it off against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday night 3-1. With the game tied at one in the bottom of the ninth, Chris Taylor crushed a two-run homerun to send the Dodgers to the …
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