MLB’s Top 5 Oldest Venues
We play it as children, we watch and listen to it as grownups, and we pass on our enthusiasm for baseball to future generations. Of course, baseball is a family tradition in the United States. This game is inextricably linked to us on a personal level, but you might not understand just how much is […]
Five of the Best Baseball Players in History
Baseball is one of America’s most popular sports, the popularity of which has quickly spread throughout the world. While it may not reach the global popularity of basketball, it is still pretty huge, seeing an increase in viewership in recent years. In America, baseball is one of the four most popular sports, managed by Major […]
Robbie Ray: A Fluke or The Real Deal
In 2021, Robbie Ray managed to shatter all expectations. Producing 3.9 Fangraphs Wins Above Replacement and ultimately beating Yankees ace Gerrit Cole for the AL Cy Young, Ray was now one of the best pitchers in the league – something that no one expected. Before that season, Robbie managed to sign a one-year deal with […]
MLB Betting Guide and Betting Strategies
Now that we are finally past the lockout and uncertainty of the season actually happening, we are just days away from baseball season. Opening night is upon us, and with that comes making money betting on the MLB. OddsJam has MLB odds from over forty sportsbooks, including FanDuel and DraftKings. This screenshot above highlights one […]
MLB Legacies: Ichiro Suzuki
Back in 2001, Irchiro Suzuki debuted in the MLB with the Seattle Mariners. However, his legacy would go on to be one no one expected. He was the greatest rookie ever seen inside the sport. However, he was also like a glimpse into the future of the sport as well as a remembrance of the […]
Can you Place Bets on the Boston Red Sox from Massachusetts?
It’s baseball season again, that means one thing for fans of the Boston Red Sox – betting on games! In this blog post, we will discuss the best places to bet on Boston baseball games, as well as some tips to help you win more often! If you’re looking to place bets on the Red […]
MLB Teams to Look Out for in 2022
The Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series but who are the teams to look out for this year? Can anyone spring a surprise in Major League Baseball in 2022?
Early Look at 2022 Cy Young Races
Last year we had several outstanding Cy Young Award candidates hailing from the National League with Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes getting the well-deserved nod in a race that included Zack Wheeler, Max Scherzer, Walker Buehler, Brandon Woodruff, Kevin Gausman, Adam Wainwright, Julio Urías, and Jacob deGrom. However, the American League was more like picking the prettiest […]
The Boston Red Sox 2020 Team: who’s staying and who’s going
In this article I will give the facts about who is no longer an official member of the Boston Red Sox as well as the rumors I have heard floating around about potential off-season trade candidates. Baseball, like gambling, is based on Risk vs Reward! Who do you keep? Who do you trade? Is it […]
A Yankees vs. Astros American League Championship Series Is Almost Inevitable
With the Yankees and Astros dominating their American League Division Series against the Twins and Rays respectively, are we headed to a Yankees-Astros clash in the American League Championship Series, just like in 2017? Bovada and other sportsbooks agree with this. Back then, the Astros won a classic seven-game series to reach the World Series […]
Does Cleveland Need Brad Hand to Close Out the Season?
Tribe’s pitcher Brad Hand has not pitched in a game since September 8th as he was dealing with a tired left arm. Fortunately, the Indians have incredible depth in their pitching roster. The question is will the Tribe’s Skipper be bold enough to entrust someone other than Hand for the remaining games? The immediate answer […]
Bauer OUTage
The debate on whether Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer would be traded ended late Tuesday in a blockbuster deal. Tribe fans everywhere this morning are torn, many love the deal while others wanted to keep Bauer. However, the organization’s front office took advantage of getting a large haul in return for Bauer just at the […]
REMEMBERING REGGIE JACKSON
“He’d give you the shirt off his back. Of course, he’d call a press conference to announce it.” – Catfish Hunter “Off the record, he’s a piece of shit.” –Billy Martin Out of the blue the man who once seemingly made headlines all the time came out of the shadows recently to dominate baseball pages […]
“You Could Look It Up”
With baseball’s hot stove heated up, with fans of the game getting antsy about what their favorite teams will do, here are a few nick-names and expressions starting with “W” for you to enjoy. As Casey Stengel was fond of saying: “You could look it up.” Here are a few starting with “W.” THE WALKING […]
Baltimore Orioles Pitching Development
By Richard Cosgrove, The game of Baseball is changing as teams are now using science, numbers, and analytics to develop successful baseball teams. It started out with the 2002 Moneyball Oakland A’s but now has grown all throughout baseball. There seems to be a correlation between success and analytical-turned baseball teams to include Houston Astros, […]
The Rivalry Continues: Red Sox Mockingly Sing Yankee Theme Song
Feeling it after winning another world championship, champagne soaked Boston players let it all hang out as some sang along off-key the Yankee theme song “New York, New York” that blasted forth from a boombox. It was just the latest salvo in the great rivalry – Yankees versus Red Sox. The first game at […]
Red Sox Flashback: The First World Championship
With the Sox on the cusp of winning another World Series, with fans all over New England savoring the time, a look back to 1912 provides a marvelous historical treat. Business in Boston virtually shut down on September 23,1912 as 100‚000 cheered the Red Sox returning from a western trip by train into South Station. […]
Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball
On July 16, 1889, Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson was born into a poor family in Greenville, South Carolina. He never learned to read or write. By the time he was six years old, he worked as a cleanup boy in the cotton mills. By age 13, he labored amidst the din and dust a dozen […]
2018 League Division Series
As we inch towards the 2018 Fall Classic, we have already experienced historic events! Before we could even get to the Wild Card games, the National League gave us something to talk about … not one, but two teams tied for first place in the Central and West divisions causing a game 163 for all […]
YAZ, SOX, OCTOBER
Another October, another post-season, another rush by teams to win the World Series. So many have October baseball memories. LENNY MEGLIOLA: For Tom Yawkey, Yastrzemski was almost like an adopted son. And Yaz took advantage of that. He was, after all, the best player on the team. He had a director’s chair in the Red […]
Remembering Ted Williams: Selected Oral History
This is the centennial week of the birth of Ted Williams, August 30, 1918. The Splendid Splinter did it his way. From the Frommer archives please enjoy memories of those who had the pleasure of experiencing him. JON MILLER: “Geez,” they said, “We have this great left-handed hitter and he keeps losing home runs out […]
Fenway Flashback
The glory days are back at the Fens as the 2018 season heads down the home stretch. There is a lot of excitement about the real possibility of another world championship for the Sox. Royal and loyal rooters, though, still have in their memory bank images of a sad long ago time when life at […]
More Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Yankees (Part II)
Much terrific reaction to the first piece on this topic has now resulted in more. There is a world of fascinating sidebars, trivia items, facts and factoids about the Bronx Bombers. Enjoy another sampling. Yogi Berra, Mosts, a Partial List Most postseason games – Yogi Berra holds the record for appearing in the most […]
Rivalry: Red Sox vs Yankees
Throughout the 2018 season the Yankees and the Red Sox have kept their eyes on the ball and the standings as baseball’s greatest rivalry plays out again. Coming up another series between the two rivals, another head to head confrontation in the “blood feud.” Wa back then, as the story goes, there was a get-together […]
REMEMBERING JERRY COLEMAN
“The Yankees were not our team, they were our religion.” –Jerry Coleman My connection to Jerry Coleman goes all the way back to 1975 when I was researching and interviewing for my first book – – A Baseball Century: the First Hundred Years of the National League. I met him in San Diego where […]
Things You Probably Never Knew About the Yankees
The franchise is right up there as one of the most famous in sports. Probably more books and articles have been written about it than any other baseball team. Yet, there is always something new to learn about the Bronx Bombers so read on. Yankees A reference with the name “Yankees” first appeared in print […]
YANKEES by the Numbers, (Part II)
The 2018 Yankees are putting up all kinds of fabulous numbers in their bid to get into the World Series, For those of you who enjoyed Part I – here are more fabulous Yankee numbers. Enjoy 51 Number worn by Bernie Williams for sixteen Yankee seasons. He is one of 13 players to wear […]
FENWAY PARK FLASHBACK
The joy and passion and full houses and winning ways now on parade at Fenway Park all are a sharp contrast to the way things once were at the little ballpark in most of the 1960s. There are still those around who recall that time, some with mixed emotions. Sam Mele: I came into Fenway […]
More Yankee Quiz
You asked and now you receive – questions simple, weird, relevant, irrelevant, but all New York Yankees related. Take the quiz and see how much you know. 51. Who wore uniform Number 2 before Derek Jeter? 52. Who originally designed the intertwined Yankees logo, “NY”? A. Jake Ruppert B. NYC Police Department C. Tiffany […]
FLASHBACK: First Opening Day at Fenway Park
By Harvey Frommer It was damp and chilly throughout New England for most of the spring of 1912, and in Boston, it took a few tries before baseball at a brand new ballpark could be played in decent weather. On April 9th, the Red Sox and Harvard’s baseball team met in an exhibition game in […]
