An MVP Candidate In The Infield And A New Power Arm In The Pen: The Kansas City Royals Look For A Fast Start Coming Out Of Spring Training
What about the…Royals in 2019? Stranger things have happened.
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Expansion Teams – Win Now, Win Later, or Win Never?
Since 1961, we’ve been in the “Expansion Era” (among many), since that was the year that baseball moved past the ‘traditional’ 16 franchises to the 30 we have now. While some decry that ‘watering down’ of talent in the majors, they mostly can just yell at clouds and complain about the sex talk on Golden Girls. Baseball needed to expand.
Read moreNo Altruism in Baseball: Beltran & the Yanks
Andrew Marchand whiffs again. This time, the ESPN columnist makes a series of weird points about what the Yankees owe Carlos Beltran.
Read moreNo One Ever Really Wins a Trade
What if I told you the Cubs haven’t won the Jake Arrieta trade?
Read moreIf You Don’t Understand the Game, Don’t Write About It
Look, I loved Jose Bautista’s bat flip that tossed a shovel-full of dirt over the Texas Rangers last October, but many old schoolers who are fond of baseball’s unwritten rules frowned upon such action.
Read moreBikinis and the Kansas City Royals
Despite seven playoff appearances from 1976 to ’85, no team in Royals history had been able to make back-to-back World Series appearances before Ned Yost’s club turned that particular trick the past two seasons.
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