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Baseball, Right Now | #2 | The Fish are Swimming, the Giants are Stumbling, and the Kids are Here to Play
The second installment of Baseball, Right Now is here. The standings after a week of baseball are doing what we expected: not giving us much in the grand scheme of a 162-game season, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t learned anything yet. Where things stand 2026 MLB Standings Team | Record | Run Differential (Runs…
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Is ABS the first step toward robot umpires in MLB?
The automatic ball-strike (ABS) challenge system coming to baseball is ushering in a new era of baseball strategy. In a sport that has seen much change in recent years, this installment merely adds to the heated debate surrounding human umpires, but it shouldn’t be as dire as many think. To many, ABS is the first…
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Inner Half: Baseball, Right Now | #1 | Pre-Opening Day 2026
*This is the first installment of a new series, “State of the Season,” to be published every two weeks during the MLB regular season* After a long and exciting offseason, the 2026 MLB regular season officially starts next week when the San Francisco Giants host the New York Yankees on March 25. That means that…
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What a 1959 Baseball Game Can Teach Us About Team Performance: Harvey Haddix’s “Perfect” Game
“It was just another loss, and that is no good.” – Harvey Haddix, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, after his 1959 near-perfect game.
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October of ’04: How Newly Announced Hall of Famer Carlos Beltrán Burst onto the National Stage
An October of a lifetime came via the bat of a 27-year-old Puerto Rican center fielder. A record-tying 8 postseason home runs and a record-tying 5 consecutive postseason games with a home run put the cherry on top of a 12-game stretch that can only be described as legendary. This is the story of now-Hall…
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Life Update! (NYU, Jomboy Media, What’s Next)
As the title implies, this post will not be focused on a baseball topic, but is instead a way for me to address what is going on currently in my life and what that means for this site. For the last year, I’ve been working towards acquiring my Masters in Sports Business from NYU. The…
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Nolan Arenado gets a fresh start in Phoenix: An Analysis
News dropped out of the desert on Tuesday that third baseman Nolan Arenado is on his way to the Snakes after waiving his no-trade clause with the St. Louis Cardinals. It signals further commitment to a rebuild for St. Louis shows the Arizona Diamondbacks desire to compete in 2026. The full details of the trade…
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Alex Bregman signs with Cubs for $175M over 5 years: An analysis
What happened? If you’re like me, last night you were locked in on the Chicago Bears making an all-time playoff comeback against the Green Bay Packers. While that was happening, the Cubbies of the north side locked down one of the premier bats on the free agent market in third baseman Alex Bregman. The deal…
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Analysis of the fascinating trade sending Edward Cabrera to the Cubs, Owen Caissie to the Marlins
Cubs Acquire: RHP Edward Cabrera Marlins Acquire: OF Owen Caissie (#1 CHC, #47 MLB), INF Christian Hernandez, INF Edgardo de Leon Baseball delivered again this winter with news of right-handed pitcher Edward Cabrera being traded from the Miami Marlins to the Chicago Cubs, in exchange for 3 prospects including the Cubs’ top-ranked prospect, OF Owen…
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Why the Shane Baz trade could have huge repercussions for the future of the AL East division.
On December 19, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a trade that may end up changing the future of the AL East division for years to come. For those outside these two fanbases, it may not have been a huge headline, but I’ll show you why you should keep it in…
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