The Santa Fe Baseball Team was back in action on Wednesday night. The No.16 Saints hosted TCC in a high-scoring back in forth battle, which ultimately saw the TCC Eagles come away with the win. This is Santa Fe’s first loss of the season after starting the season 3-0. What …
Read More »Tim Kurkjian Gives Insight on the MLB Lockout
Major League Baseball is in its ninth full-work stoppage and fourth lockout in history. The main issue surrounds the MLB and the MLBPA. Mainly how there needs to be a change on the economic side of the sport. Players want to address many key issues involving service time manipulation, minimum …
Read More »Mets start over with new manager Buck Showalter
In December, the New York Mets announced the hiring of Buck Showalter as their manager. Showalter was one of three finalists in the hiring process and came away with the job because of his past experience. Previously, Showalter managed the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers and most recently, …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Dual-City Plan with Montreal Shutdown by MLB
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 …
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