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- Jan 28, 2020
- 4 min
Why We Should Have Known the Astros Scandal was Coming
It’s September 22, 2017. Danny Farquhar is facing Evan Gattis. This moment will come to define the Astros’ cheating scandal, but we don’t know it yet. It’s a 2-2 count. Catcher Kevan Smith puts down a sign, it’s a changeup. Danny Farquhar is about to pitch, but he steps off of the mound. He calls Kevan Smith to the mound. Smith goes back, and the next pitch Gattis struck out swinging. Yes, they cheated. That one play showed it. But that’s not the question. Why didn’t we notic
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
New MLB News: The Punishment, Beltran, and more
The punishment has come out, and Carlos Beltran was fired, and more! The Astros Scandal Punishment The Astros were fined a record $5,000,000, they were pretty much forced to fire their manager and GM, and they lost draft picks. And that was just them. We still haven’t heard the punishment for the Red Sox, and we still haven’t heard if any team is willing to take a chance on Carlos Beltran. But it is enough? First, the draft picks. Mike Trout was drafted. So was Clayton Kersha
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Wacky NL Central
What a gosh darn awful division. Or, you could say that it is the best division. Either way works for me. I’m going to show you the facts, and then you decide. The winner, the Cardinals, had the least amount of wins of any division winner. Well, sure, there’s only 6 divisions. But, still. The Pirates were the 2nd best last place team, second to only the 70-92 Padres. The Pirates finished 69-93, so it was pretty close. The next team up, the Reds, were 2nd among second to last
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
There are Still Free Agents, But Who?
It’s been a chaotic offseason. We’ve had player turn down MORE money, players signing that haven’t played a game of major league baseball, and we’ve had a questionable decision by Hyun-Jin Ryu. It’s not that I HATE the Blue Jays, it just, well, the White Sox were in pursuit. Dang Scott Boras! Anyway: Josh Donaldson You look at his batting ans say ‘What’s the big deal?’. You go to his K% and say ‘What’s the big deal?’. And then you look at the OBP, HR, fielding, SLG, and OPS,
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Steve Cishek Signs with the White Sox
The White Sox have signed relief pitcher Steve Cishek to a 1 year, $6 million deal. The contract has an option, that could possibly raise the total to as much as $12 million. Cishek played with the Cubs last year, and he went 4-6 with a 2.95 ERA. He makes it 4 pitchers for the White Sox in the bullpen with an ERA below 3.00. He is the closing piece to the White Sox win-now mentality. Cishek has now played for 6 different teams over 10 years, and he has a career ERA of 2.69. H
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
The World Series Scandal Part 2
On January 7, 2019, ESPN created an article that was called “Report: Red Sox used replay room to steal signs in 2018 season”. It was reported from The Athletic first. But now, I’m going to tell you what happened, one key twist of note, and what can be done to stop this epidemic. In a newsletter exclusive on October 14, this was my first paragraph: It is October 28, 2018. Chris Sale is pitching. The count is 1-2 against the Dodgers. Manny Machado steps into the Batter’s Box. H
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 6, 2020
- 4 min
30-3 and Pace of Game: MLB 1/6
Rangers vs Orioles 30-3 You know it really is funny when the Rangers scored 30 runs in a game, especially if they didn’t score any in the first 3 innings. On August 22, 2007, the Rangers dropped a whopping 30 runs on the Orioles. I had only heard about this game, but when I watched some highlights and looked at the box score, I couldn’t contain myself. I started laughing my eyes out. Let me explain why. First of all, let me explain the lead up. The Rangers were sitting at 55-
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Baseball News Now
- Jan 3, 2020
- 6 min
Edwin Encarnacion Completes the White Sox Rebuild: Discussion
This is my first discussion on my website. This will consist of: player previews, articles, keys to 2020, and more. The White Sox Rebuild: A look Back When Chris Sale was traded on December 6, 2016, the White Sox had made it official. We all saw this coming. That is, everyone except me. I was 9 in the winter of 2016. I was hungry for more baseball, as I was a diehard Sox fan. I hated the Cubs, their newborn fame, and all of their fans. The only White Sox fan I knew was my dad
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