American League Central

Searching For An Identity

As the 2016 Major League Baseball season in winding down, the end cannot get here quick enough for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins are limping to the finish line as they are in the midst of one of the worst seasons in franchise history. With just four games remaining in 2016, the Twins have already [...]

A Royal Pain

  After the Kansas City Royals lost the 2014 World Series which marked the end of a grueling seven-game struggle against the San Francisco Giants, there was a high level of hunger that fueled this team in 2015. The Royals won 95 games en route to winning the American League Central, while also getting back [...]

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Detroit’s New Ace

As one of the oldest Major League Baseball franchises in existence, the Detroit Tigers have a long and storied history. And even though that the Tigers franchise has been home to some of the game's most feared sluggers, their pitchers haven't been too shabby either. Hooks Dauss pitched for the Tigers from 1912-1926 and his [...]

The Tribe Is For Real

With the Cleveland Cavaliers having won the NBA Championship last month, there is now a different buzz in the city. The Cavaliers title run marks the city's first major professional sports title since 1964 when the Cleveland Browns won the National Football League Championship. And the Cavs mojo is rubbing off onto another team in [...]

2016 MLB Quarter Pole

There have been several surprises in the 2016 Major League Baseball season with the Philadelphia Phillies being one of them.

Second Class Citizens

The Chicago White Sox have been a Major League Baseball franchise for 116 years which has been highlighted by them with them winning the World Series three times with the most recent occasion coming in 2005. The White Sox have a rich baseball history which includes Baseball Hall of Famers such as Carlton Fisk, Frank [...]

2016 American League Central Projections

X-Kansas City Royals 93-69 (1) After winning the World Series Championship in 1985, it was a slow tumble down for the Kansas City Royals as from 2002-2006, they had four seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. But after having just one winning season from 1995-2012, the Royals began to establish themselves as [...]

The Determined Royals

When Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez popped out to San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval to end the 2014 World Series, it symbolized the clock striking midnight for the cinderella Royals. After not making the playoffs since 1985 and enduring 20 losing seasons from 1986-2013, the Royals got hot coming down the stretch [...]

A Closing Title Window

So close, yet so far is the best way to describe the recent history of the Detroit Tigers. After making the playoffs in 1987, the Tigers were dormant for nearly two decades which included them enduring four seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. But in 2006, the Tigers would turn things around [...]