New York City and Chicago,Illinois are two of the biggest media markets in America and with it comes bigger expectations for the sports teams that reside in those two metropolises. The New York Mets came into existence in 1962 as the Big Apple was desperate for a National League team after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved [...]
X-St. Louis Cardinals 92-70 Since 2000, the St. Louis Cardinals have been the model of consistency in Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have had nine seasons in which they have won at least 90 games with a pair of World Series Championships in four appearances in the Fall Classic over that stretch. What has separated [...]
We always wondered what it would take to lure Joe Maddon away from his cushy gig as the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays and we found out this week as he was introduced as the 54th skipper of the Chicago Cubs. Maddon will be the third different manager that the Cubs have employed in [...]