Pete Rose and others taken off MLB’s ineligible list
The journey for Pete Rose towards induction into Cooperstown took a significant turn on Tuesday. After being banished from baseball due to gambling, he has now been removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list. This change came with an announcement from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who noted that Rose had completed his time away […]
Mariners’ Jurrangelo Cijntje is MLB’s best ‘switch pitching’ prospect ever, and he’s blowing minds
Seattle Mariners Jurrangelo Cijntje, who drafted Mississippi's Jurrangelo Cijntje, the 15th overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft. Cijntje is from Curacao, the Caribbean Island in the Netherlands, and his father was a professional baseball player as a Dutch catcher. It's already a cool backstory, but it's hardly what makes Cijntje so appealing. Cijntje is […]
MLB’s new ‘Overlap’ hats are going viral for all the wrong reasons
It doesn't seem to be that It's difficult to come up with annual ideas for a new baseball hat. Throw in some new colorways and play around with vintage logos. Perhaps ask famous artists to rethink each team's hat. For some reason, everything is wrong. And this year's new era “overlap” hats are now going […]
Rob Manfred considering removing Pete Rose from MLB’s ineligible list
MLB's controversial and greatest hit King of all time was able to make a shot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump said he was planning to issue Pete Rose's “full” pardon “for the next few weeks.” ESPN reported MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering petitions filed by […]
Blue Jays’ Scherzer rips MLB’s new ABS system
Automated balls and strikes are in the major leagues, and of course longtime veterans are not satisfied. Major League Baseball has been implemented Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System This is the first time this spring. It has been tested in minor leagues since 2021. There's a pretty decent chance that 40-year-old Max Scherzer is […]
What led to ESPN and MLB’s messy breakup
MLB and ESPN are at a crossroads after they too disagree with a broadcast deal that is scheduled to run until 2028 to nix. The global leader is reportedly open to negotiating new deals when the current one expires after the 2025 season, but baseball appears to have had enough Disney. Behind the scenes, watching […]
Larry Dolan, owner of MLB’s Cleveland Guardians, dead at 94
Larry J. Dolan, owner of MLB's Cleveland Guardians, passed away Sunday at the age of 94. The team announced on Monday. The brothers of Cable Vision's brother, Charles Dolan, founder of HBO, who passed away two months ago, and James Dolan, owner of the Knicks and Rangers, died of natural causes. “Cleveland sadly lost one […]
Just pick one! MLB’s dual MVP awards are archaic nonsense
In recent years, there have been sufficient rules for baseball, but we are moving forward. So for now I'll leave them alone and look at the awards instead. Instead, we have another complaint: why are there still two MVPs? Only one other major US sports league has won the award as no more than one […]
One stat reveals the true depths of MLB’s analytics mess
Have you given me some good statistics recently? Probably not, but there are a few. Anyone who can distinguish Aaron Boone from the moon man and the moon man, and knows that it has been fundamentally easy to teach for years, but winning a big league baseball is a thing It was lost without a […]
Yankees’ Cody Bellinger brings MLB’s version of four-leaf clover
Tampa – Cody Bellinger belongs to the Yankees as well as 1); Because he has the best left-handed stroke for the stadium short pouch, or 2) he plays brilliantly in three of the four positions the Yankees needed most. It's incredible that Bellinger Family records match this perfectly. If anyone has been as successful as […]