In 2013, the Boston Red Sox were the wire-to-wire winners of the American League East en route to winning their eighth World Series Championship in franchise history. In the aftermath of the bombings at last year's Boston Marathon, the Red Sox used it as a rallying cry as they won 97 games in the regular [...]
The New York Yankees placed starting pitcher CC Sabathia on the 15-day disabled list on May 11 as the result of a right knee injury. Fluid began to fill in Sabathia's knee which inflamed as it has been bothering the left-hander all season. Sabathia had his knee drained recently as well as a stem cell [...]
The San Francisco Giants endured a very long dry spell without winning the World Series. 46 years went by without the Giants winning the World Series, but that changed in 2010 when San Francisco defeated the Texas Rangers in the Fall Classic. Winning has now become contagious for the Giants who were able to claim [...]
The Oakland Athletics have called the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum home since 1968 when they moved from Kansas City, Missouri. The Coliseum is old, outdated, and by the current Major League Baseball stadium standards it is a glorified dump. But that has not stopped the Athletics from fielding a good baseball team. The last two seasons [...]
When the New York Mets selected second baseman Daniel Murphy in the 13th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, it was a move that was not going to make headlines on the back pages of the sports tabloids in New York City. The Mets tabbed Murphy out of tiny Jacksonville University which had [...]
Jose Abreu-First Baseman-Chicago White SoxIn a short period of time Jose Abreu has taken Major League Baseball by storm. Abreu defected from Cuba last summer and he signed with the Chicago White Sox in the fall. The White Sox signed Abreu to a six-year, $68 million contract which appears to be a song now. Abreu's [...]
In their 22 years as a Major League Baseball franchise, the Florida/Miami Marlins organization has been a head scratcher. The Marlins have only had two trips to the playoffs, but they made those trips count as they won the World Series Championship on each occasion. After each trip to the World Series, the Marlins would [...]
Coming into this Major League Baseball season the National League Central was expected to be paced by the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds. These three teams made the playoffs last season and entering 2014 they were once again expected to lead the charge in the NL Central. But in the early stages [...]
This past off-season the New York Mets signed outfielder Curtis Granderson to a four-year, $60 million deal. After spending the first 10 years of his Major League Baseball career in the American League with the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees respectively, Granderson joined the Mets as the team hoped that he would help to [...]
There was a time when a pitcher won 300 games for his Major League Baseball career that it was the pinnacle of the position and it also guaranteed access into Cooperstown for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Throughout the long storied history of MLB there have been 24 pitchers that have reached the 300-win plateau. [...]