If you watched baseball in the past two years you have probably heard the name Chris Davis for breaking an MLB record. Although that may sound good at first, no one in the history of baseball wants to own this record. During that two year span Davis had a .174 batting average, with 28 home…
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Sonny Gray and Trevor Bauer Appear on CC’s Podcast R2C2
For those of you who have never heard of the podcast, CC and co-host Ryan Ruocco interview athletes and celebrities and talk about a wide range of topics. This is my first time listening R2C2 because of my fascination with his two guests on his latest episode and it didn’t disappoint. One one side you…
Sean Doolittle Uses Lavender as “Mental Release” On Mound
This is a great story I read about the other night, about Nationals closer Sean Doolittle and a little bit of lavender oil. In order to combat the stress of the postseason Nationals director of mental conditioning, Mark Cambell, suggested Doolittle dip his glove laces in lavender oil in order to “refresh” his mental state….
Why Shohei Othani is Great For Baseball
Shohei Othani broke down this seemingly invisible barrier that a two-way player would never be successful at the MLB level. The only TWENTYTHREE-year-old won the 2018 Rookie of The Year award despite only playing in 104 games with Angels. In that time he posted an ERA of 3.31 with 63 strikeouts over 51 and 2/3rds…
Stanton Likely To Miss Opening Day For Yankees
Well another day, another Yankee injury report. With the news of Severino yesterday still taking the air out of camp, it was reported today that Giancarlo Stanton has a Grade 1 strain on his right calf. Yankees manager Aaron Boone stated that, “he’ll be down for a bit.” The best case scenario is that Stanton…
Heartbreak For Severino And Yankees
Well we’ve come to hope for the best but expect the worst after watching the Yankees last year. That’s why the news of Sevy being sidelined frightened every Yankee fan down to their core. Today we were finally given the heart wrenching news after a dye contrast MRI showed a partial tear in Severino’s UCL….
Setback For Severino And Yankees
With the start of spring training games just a couple days away, the Yankees are once again hit with the injury bug. That fully operational Death Star may be a bit further off than anticipated. This one hurts hard though and I’m starting to get PTSD from last year. Paxton being out until late May,…
Welcome Back Baseball!
We finally made it, happy official first games of Spring Training baseball. Time to make early predictions, critique every pitch/swing and after the 6th inning hear names that we’ve never heard of in our lives. But this is why we love it. If you’re like me, the kid in you couldn’t wait to fire up…
Tension Among Major League Baseball Seems To Be At an All-Time High
With the first games of the 2020 spring training season quickly approaching, tension among Major League Baseball seems to be at an all-time high. A time when we should be talking about rising prospects and anticipated returns from injuries, it seems all news circles back to the Astros. Reporters are salivating at the opportunity to…
How Bad Do You Want It?
This man, this is what it’s all about. I saw this on my twitter feed a few days ago, one of my best friends who is an assistant to the regional manager baseball coach at Florida Southern tweeted it out. The head coach at Florida Southern printed it and posted them on the doors for…