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Showing posts with label Major League Baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Major League Baseball. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

My personal list of big league superstars

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As a baseball fan who ends up objectifying players' careers through collecting baseball cards and autographs - it's fun to consider...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Pelotero recap

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On YouTube, I stumbled upon the 2012 documentary about a couple of players from the Dominican Republic back in 2009 - the documentary foll...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Los Angeles Dodgers #2 of 30

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I respect the Dodgers' history and casually check out what current Dodgers teams are doing - though my rooting interests sticks with th...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Tampa Bay Rays #3 of 30

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He doesn't put up the greatest individual numbers but third baseman Evan Longoria makes this team relevant - I like how his batting st...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - St. Louis Cardinals #4 of 30

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It's impressive how the Cardinals turn out players to contribute to winning teams - it doesn't mean they are going to win the World...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Oakland Athletics #5 of 30

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It seems like GM Billy Beane has found a formula for building a MLB team in Oakland that can contend for the playoffs - even if they aren...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Texas Rangers #6 of 30

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In recent years, the Angels are still looking up at the Rangers, so I can't really talk smack - I do feel like the Rangers have had it ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Detroit Tigers #7 of 30

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Prince Fielder has been knocked around in recent years - the narrative is he's all sorts of overrated because he's fat and getting p...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - New York Yankees #8 of 30

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The Yankees will always be relevant and I'm not going out on a limb to say some Yankees team in the future will win another World Seri...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Atlanta Braves #9 of 30

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It's been impressive how they've turned out players to contribute to winning teams - but maybe they just don't have the means...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Boston Red Sox #10 of 30

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The 2013 World Series was won on the back of MVP David Ortiz and it seems like he has been the one constant in Boston over the last 10-11 ye...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - San Francisco Giants #11 of 30

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Buster Posey's numbers at the plate fell off a bit after having an MVP season in 2012 - maybe he was a bit hurt or banged up, but a ...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Washington Nationals #12 of 30

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I've always liked how Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman has carried himself as a professional baseball player - even though he h...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Pittsburgh Pirates #13 of 30

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On the strength of his all-around skills, center fielder Andrew McCutchen won the 2013 National League MVP and led the Pirates to their firs...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Cincinnati Reds #14 of 30

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Is Joey Votto is the most overrated player in baseball [?] - all the numbers guys think poor Votto is unfairly persecuted in Cincinnati b...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Baltimore Orioles #15 of 30

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Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Adam Jones make this team go round and round - though it remains to be seen whether Davis can duplicate his ...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Colorado Rockies #16 of 30

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The Rockies have a pair of All-Star performers in Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki - CarGo is one of the best all-around outfielders in ...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Arizona Diamondbacks #17 of 30

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The Diamondbacks faded in the second half of the season even with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt emerging as an All-Star talent - I see ho...

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Toronto Blue Jays #18 of 30

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The Blue Jays laid an egg in 2013, unable to really get on a good run to get back into contention - it was just a big, jumbled run on mess...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Chicago Cubs #19 of 30

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I could care less about the Cubs, their curses and their heartbreaks but they have some nice prospects that maybe worth watching sooner tha...