0 comments by Randy Holt on 10/13/2014
Good luck finding a better story during this 2014 season, regardless of how it ends, than the Kansas City Royals. That status comes even with the fact that Ned Yost is still calling the shots for this team. Nonetheless, they’ve provided us with a team that is an absolute blast to watch this postseason, first for their […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 10/10/2014
On a slow news day on Thursday, with the respective League Championship Series not slated to start until the weekend, George Ofman decided to take it upon himself to set off a bit of a frenzy throughout the baseball world with this single tweet: Now this is a pretty serious statement regarding the Los Angeles Dodgers and […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 10/8/2014
The Washington Nationals fell to the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, giving us all the NLCS matchup that we collectively dreaded. There were a multitude of factors that led to the ousting of the Nats from the postseason. The bats fell silent, Matt Williams was a disaster, etc. One of those reasons was not Bryce […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 10/2/2014
The first step to recognizing that you have a problem is acknowledging that one exists. I am a Chicago Cubs fan. As such, I am forced to routinely seek out alternative teams to root for come playoff time. This is relatively common practice across all sports, especially for teams that are perpetually terrible. If you’re […]
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You’re Billy Beane. You’re sitting there on July 31st having just acquired Jon Lester, likely feeling about as good about your ballclub’s title chances as you have at any point during your tenure with the Oakland Athletics. After all, with Lester and Jeff Samardzija in the mix, in addition to Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir in perhaps the most stacked rotation in the […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 9/25/2014
Derek Jeter was a good man, and an even better baseball player. Unfortunately, he was taken away from us far too soon. Wait, Jeter’s not dead? Then clearly I’ve received the wrong impression here. After several months of parting gifts, from the surfboard he’ll never use, to the guitar he’ll never play, to the no. […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 9/9/2014
We could go on for days in order to determine just what is wrong with the Oakland Athletics (hint: it has nothing to do with Yoenis Cespedes). They’re freefalling through the ranks of the American League and now will be lucky to grab a wild card, with a division title that looked like a lock […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 9/3/2014
Corey Kluber has been one of the better overall stories in all of baseball this year. The Cleveland Indians currently sit five games back of the second Wild Card spot in the American League, and their emerging ace is a tremendous reason as to why (despite his stinker of a start on Monday). Kluber made 24 starts for the […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 9/2/2014
The weekend presented a tail of two teams for the Chicago Cubs. On one hand, they looked very good in the early-going of a four-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. With a chance to take three of four, they got off to a 5-0 lead on Sunday afternoon before melting down with a number of mental […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 8/27/2014
Even with his second half scuffles, many have already declared that this is the season that Mike Trout finally wins his long deserved American League Most Valuable Player Award. It’s hard to argue against it, as he continues to produce at an incredible rate in now his third full big league season. However, there are […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 8/26/2014
On July 31st, the Oakland Athletics stood atop the league, at 66-41, two games ahead of the Los Angeles Angels. They carried what was far and away the best offense in the American League, with 535 runs scored to that point and looked primed to carry that into October. Then they traded Yoenis Cespedes. Now, the trade of Cespedes […]
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Earlier this month, it was Javier Baez making his way to the Windy City as the first of a new wave of prospects beginning to appear with the Chicago Cubs. On Wednesday, it appears that another highly touted youngster will be making his debut with the big club, as the long-awaited debut of Jorge Soler will take place against the Cincinnati […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 8/20/2014
I love Bryce Harper. A player like that has the potential to be great for the game. He’s still a very raw talent, but there are plenty of tools to work with and he plays the game like his hair is on fire. There’s a lot to like. And yet, he takes home a very negative […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 8/5/2014
Well, the Chicago Cubs did it. They finally did something interesting, outside of trading notable veterans. This is the point where it starts to become very exciting to be a Cubs fan, as their group of highly touted prospects start to make their way to the big leagues. That starts with the callup of super prospect Javier Baez (although Arismendy […]
0 comments by Randy Holt on 8/1/2014
The Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox agreed to an Earth-shattering deal early on trade deadline day, as the A’s sent slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the BoSox in exchange for the coveted Jon Lester, in addition to outfield bat Jonny Gomes. In doing so, the A’s picked up two of the three most sought-after arms on the market this entire season, going back […]
