Jeremy Peña Rookie of the Year Candidate Rhode Island’s own Jeremy Peña has been one of the bright spots of the Houston Astros season thus far. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, later moved to Providence, RI, Peña has shined since he made his Major League debut on April 7th earlier this season. Drafted in […]
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What’s in a jersey number? In team sports, players wear numbers on their uniforms as a way to differentiate from one another. Whether it’s for a new fan, a season ticket holder in the nosebleeds, or the statistician, the number on the jersey is just supposed to separate players from one another. 45, 34, and […]
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The Red Sox did both buy and sell, as was their best course of action at the trade deadline. The moves they made make you wonder if Chaim Bloom believes this team is capable of making a playoff push and if he should have done more to remake the club with 2023 and beyond in […]
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Have you ever attended a sporting event and just went “wow” after leaving? Mostly because of the opposing fan base. Of course, you have! It’s the sports world we all have at least one instance where we had an interaction with a horrible fan or fan base collectively. Well, hopefully, I can help you know […]
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It’s official. Opening Day is postponed. Major League Baseball released a letter on Tuesday detailing the impasse after the arbitrarily set deadline of February 28th came and went with no agreement being reached. So, here we are – faced with the first time that Major League Baseball will miss meaningful games since the 1994-95 season […]
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The new Major League Baseball season starts on March 31. It’s going to be an exciting road to the World Series with the winners crowned in early October. Can the Atlanta Braves follow up their 2021 win? 2021 saw the Braves beat the Houston Astros to win the World Series for the first time this […]
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Some people call us the Gangsters of Glove. Some people call us Maurice… Wait… Did You Say Space Cowboys? Yes. And no, Steve Miller had nothing to do with this. Nor did Clint Eastwood. It’s not that exciting. At least not to you, maybe. In all seriousness, though, rebranding is all the rage these days. […]
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When MLB inevitably ends its lockout, there will be plenty of big free agents scrambling to find teams. The big prize, Carlos Correa, is still up for teams that are willing to dole out the years and cash required. There is only Correa though and plenty of teams are hungry to improve. Behind him is […]
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Welcome to the first installment of the Not Your Usual MLB Hall of Fame Profile series, in which every player listed on the 2022 MLB Hall of Fame ballot will be cut up and shredded in way that only I can. Or maybe Jayson Stark, but since I’m not Jayson Stark, you’re stuck with me. […]
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When the Houston Astros polished off the Chicago White Sox Tuesday afternoon, it sealed the ALCS matchup. A matchup many baseball fans are tearing their eyes out just thinking about. A matchup no one wanted. The Astros, you may remember, captured the 2017 World Series amidst the sign-stealing scandal. They made it back to the […]
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How can you not get romantic about baseball? The early part of Fall gifts us with sweater weather, the changing of the leaves and, MLB playoffs! With respect to the parent actors in those Staples commercials, this is truly the most wonderful time of the year. I made an appearance on the Sports Stove on […]
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There’s buzz coming from Houston after the latest Yankees/Astros series and this time it wasn’t coming from the jersey of Jose Altuve! Yankees draw first blood The Yankees traveled to Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas for a 3 game series and what was expected to be another drama-filled matchup between the two explosive teams. […]
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Houston Icon Jim McIngvale famously known as “Mattress Mack” made history again by placing a TWO MILLION DOLLAR bet on the Houston Astros to win the 2021 MLB World Series. The 70-year old’s absolute WHALE of a bet would pay out $22 million! According to William Hill, the sportsbook that took on McIngvale’s wager in […]
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While 2018 was a fantastic year for Boston, it couldn’t get better for some players like Andrew Benintendi. Benintendi improved off of 2017, which saw him place second in the AL Rookie of the Year race. He saw an increase in nearly every offensive stat during 2018, including a 20 point increase to his OPS+(123). […]
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