Why Does Baseball Still Embrace Alex Rodriguez?

Cheating in sports has always brought with it repercussions of different magnitudes depending on what level you are at. If you cheat at tag on the playground, you’ll be shunned for a couple minutes by your classmates but welcomed back into the fold by snacktime. If you cheat in professional sports you are given suspensions, bans and in the case of baseball generally shunned from … Continue reading Why Does Baseball Still Embrace Alex Rodriguez?

We Just Want Baseball, But We Understand

All we want is to watch the national pastime as soon as possible. To see my Redbirds trot onto the diamond again will be an amazing thing that I miss dearly. However, it is clearly not as easy as just paring down the schedule, getting the teams back together and selling some tickets. It’s difficult to feel optimistic about baseball being played this season because … Continue reading We Just Want Baseball, But We Understand

How to Become a Sports Fan

When reading this title, you may think this is a ridiculous notion, however there was a time when you were first getting into sports and had no idea where to start. You may have been very young and had a parent or grandparent walk you through the rules and peak your interest, but not everyone has that. This is for those people. I can remember … Continue reading How to Become a Sports Fan

Is Harper Worth $300 Million?

Bryce Harper is one of two marquee free agents this offseason in Major League Baseball, the other being Manuel Machado, and both of them believe that they are worth at the very least, $30 million per year for a ten-year contract. According to different sources, the Nationals offered Harper a contract well above $300 million and he turned it down, so he must believe he … Continue reading Is Harper Worth $300 Million?

Top Moments of 2018

2018 was a huge year in the sporting world. So many amazing things happened that it is tough to remember them all off the top of your head so we compiled them for you to relive and appreciate. January, 9th – CFP National Championship, Alabama 26-23 Victory Over Georgia in OvertimeThe Crimson Tide won their fifth National Championship since 2009 under Nick Saban in the … Continue reading Top Moments of 2018

Banning the Shift in Major League Baseball

Baseball has always been the sport that is the slowest to change and takes a hard nosed stance on tradition and its value to the game. That being said, Major League Baseball teams have embraced the shift. In the 2018 season, every team in baseball shifted to some varying degree, many over 1,000 times. The Houston Astros, unsurprisingly, led the way, shifting 2,191 times with … Continue reading Banning the Shift in Major League Baseball

Multi-Level Fantasy Baseball – Contracts

This post delves further into the multi-level fantasy baseball league that I proposed before. If you haven’t read the first part, read it here, otherwise this won’t make much sense to you. I left off explaining how clients are assigned to their agents and vice versa. Now I will explain how contracts are negotiated between GM’s and agents. If a player is drafted and the … Continue reading Multi-Level Fantasy Baseball – Contracts

Multi-Level Fantasy Baseball League

Fantasy baseball is one of the many virtual sports that has taken off considerably in the last decade or so. Major entities like ESPN, CBS, Yahoo, MLB, and others have the traditional head-to-head (H2H) leagues and rotisserie (ROTO) style. Many people love these methods and have developed dynasty leagues where rosters carry over from year to year and you can draft minor league players to … Continue reading Multi-Level Fantasy Baseball League