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Archives for October 2013

5 Reasons the Cardinals and Red Sox Are a Bad World Series Match-Up

The 2013 Fall Classic is finally here, although baseball has extended its season so much that the World Series is almost played exclusively in November.  The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers despite Detroit’s formidable 1-2 punch of Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander and sluggers Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera.  In the National League, […]

Hitters Celebrating Over Warning Track Power

Yasiel Puig was criticized after Game 3 of the NLCS for prematurely celebrating what he thought was going to be a home run.  The bat flip was indeed epic, but what was more epic was the fact that Puig was able to make it to 3rd base after the ball stayed in the park, hitting […]

Clubbie in the Baseball Clubhouse Keeps Players Happy

Professional athletes have a reputation of having everything handed to them, not having to do anything themselves, and being taken care of like little kids.  To an extent this is true, and the person that is doing most of this work for them is the team clubbie.  A clubbie is the person who works countless […]

Team Chemistry and Baseball Roster Make-Up

During the playoffs in Major League Baseball, teams are allowed the normal 25-man roster as in most of the regular season. If a team advances in the playoffs to the next round, they are allowed to change their roster or adjust it to their liking to account for injuries, poor performance, etc. The tendency would […]

Playoff Announcers on TBS

If you have been following the television coverage of the MLB playoffs so far, TBS is the channel you’ve been watching.  While it used to be the home station that aired all of the Atlanta Braves’ baseball games when Ted Turner was the owner, it now hosts the playoffs up until the World Series, which […]