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Apr 1
3 min

Some Pros and Cons of Spring Training

Some Pros and Cons of Spring Training By Derek McAdam April 1, 2022 *** Welcome to April! In just under a week, Major League Baseball will begin the regular season and fans will have seven months of baseball to look forward to after a lockout that could have potentially canceled several months’ worth of baseball, if not the entire season. But this is not about the regular season. In fact, with Spring Training wrapping up, I wanted to list a few of the pros and cons that come

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Mar 12
2 min

Why The Shift Should Not Be Banned

Why The Shift Should Not Be Banned By Derek McAdam March 11, 2022 *** Major League Baseball has seen the shift come into play often over the past decade, mostly thanks to Joe Madden who brought major attention to it during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays. And now, there are talks that could potentially ban the shift. How ludicrous! The shift was created for batters that tended the pull the ball more often than hitting towards the opposite field. It’s strategy. It’s the same

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Every Breath You Take… (MLB and Streaming the Games)

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Oct 24, 2021
3 min

Every Breath You Take… (MLB and Streaming the Games)

by Ed Botti October 24, 2021 *** MLB plans to stream local games. Is that good for us? As difficult as it may seem to some of our readers to grasp, there was a time when very few of us had Cable TV. We got our Baseball from WPIX and WOR. Not every game was on TV. So, on those nights, we tune in and catch the game on the radio, or wait until the 11 o’clock news for the highlights. I can still remember times when I would call Sports Phone every 10 minutes to get the scoring upd

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The Yankees First Half: The Good, The Bad, and The Future

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Jul 15, 2021
8 min

The Yankees First Half: The Good, The Bad, and The Future

By Patrick Gunn July 15, 2021 *** The Yankees found new, fascinating, and tragic ways to showcase their talents in the first half. Remarkably, NY presented themselves as both a team talented enough to win a World Series and as a squad destined to massively disappoint fans and pundits. Their 3-9 record when going for sweeps signifies New York’s effort – a team close to dominating an opponent but always coming up short one way or another. Now, the Yankees have not been all terr

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MLB Has Set The 2021 Season Protocols: Here are My Thoughts

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Feb 10, 2021
5 min

MLB Has Set The 2021 Season Protocols: Here are My Thoughts

By Owen Hetherington February 10, 2021 ***Embed from Getty Images We’re exactly one week away from baseball returning into our lives. It’s been a cold, long offseason for Yankees fans and there was plenty of times I had my doubts about this upcoming season. The “hot stove” didn’t heat up until the beginning of January. Following that, there are mixed feelings from fans whether or not this team will finally get over the hump in October. Whatever your thoughts are on how this

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Jan 25, 2021
2 min

Thinking of Baseball As I Watch The NFL

Yesterday was the NFL Championship day. I have shared that I’m not a huge football fan, but I do enjoy watching the big games. I just can’t invest in another team’s regular season and live and die with each loss. That’s too much. I invest those emotions in the Yankees. Still, I love the big games. I love the games played in the cold frosty air (being glad I am inside). I love when Green Bay is in it. I root for Tom Brady. (Sorry.) I like watching the greats be great.

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Questions and Answers As The Negro Leagues Are Recognized as Major League

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Dec 28, 2020
4 min

Questions and Answers As The Negro Leagues Are Recognized as Major League

by Mike Whiteman December 28, 2020 *** As many have heard, Commissioner Rob Manfred recently announced the Negro Leagues will now be recognized as part of Major League Baseball, along with the American and National Leagues and the defunct Federal League, the Player’s League of 1890, and the 19th century Union and American Associations. While there has been a number of former Negro League players enshrined in the baseball Hall of Fame, the lack of Major League recognition of t

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Please, MLB: Bring Back Local Team Announcers To Postseason Broadcasts

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Oct 14, 2020
3 min

Please, MLB: Bring Back Local Team Announcers To Postseason Broadcasts

This post is from By Dan Schlossberg of the IBWAA. Shared with SSTN by permission. This article ran in the IBWAA newsletter Here’s The Pitch on October 9, 2020 *** Please, MLB: Bring Back Local Team Announcers To Postseason Broadcasts By Dan Schlossberg During the Good Old Days of broadcast baseball, the World Series announcing teams always included one broadcaster from each of the two contestants. That was a great idea – especially considering how poorly the so-called “nati

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Why the “Field of Dreams” Game May Be Continuing

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Jul 4, 2020
2 min

Why the “Field of Dreams” Game May Be Continuing

If you build it, they will come… except the Yankees won’t be making the trip to Iowa this year to play in the “Field of Dreams” game, as well as the first-ever game in the state as the St. Louis Cardinals have now been named the new team. The Yankees were originally slated to play against the White Sox for one game in Iowa. Due to the realigned schedules, the Yankees will not be playing the White Sox this year, whereas the Cardinals are. This is a fundamental reason as to why

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MLB’s Latest Proposal Might Be the Best the Players Can Get

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Jun 13, 2020
2 min

MLB’s Latest Proposal Might Be the Best the Players Can Get

Another Saturday is in the books, and yet there is still no agreement between the owners and the Player’s Association. However, that does not mean that there have not been talks between the two sides. The biggest area of concern revolves around prorated salaries for players. The MLBPA wants 100 percent prorated salary whereas the owners are asking for much less than that. MLB’s newest proposal involves a 72-game season that would give players between an 80 to 85 percent prora

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