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Headhunting has no Place in Baseball

Protect your players, but don’t go headhunting The recent scuffle between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox came to a conclusion (for now) with the suspension of Boston pitcher Brandon Workman and fine for Tampa Bay pitcher David Price. Price avoided a suspension himself despite hitting both David Ortiz and Mike Carp.  It’s […]

Evan Longoria: My New Favorite Baseball Superstar

Last week I wrote about Chipper Jones and how he was my favorite player over the years while I was growing up.  Chipper is still my all-time favorite, but since his retirement, I have had a new personal favorite that was in the making towards the end of Jones’ career.  Although I like watching great […]

Wild Card Play-In Games for MLB Playoffs

Last year, Major League Baseball introduced a new playoff format that included adding an additional wild card team in each league.  The two wild card teams have a one-game playoff to determine who moves on to the divisional series match up.  This format may increase the number of teams later in the season that have […]