A tournament of champions like no other in the game, the Caribbean Series wraps up the winter season each year in a historic gathering of baseball-crazy countries up and down the Western Hemisphere. Even Willie Mays was drawn to baseball’s Royal Rumble in the Caribbean Series. In 1955, not far from his nearly two years … Read more
The area on the tennis court midway between the baseline and the net is called “no man’s land”, and it is an area where players usually do not want to find themselves – too far away to hit the ball easily, too close to use groundstrokes on successful returns. This might be a rough description … Read more
Let’s face it: The Arizona Diamondbacks have had a tough decade, especially in recent years. The team has only one postseason appearance in 10 years, and that ended in a decisive defeat to the eventual league champion Dodgers. The last time they won a playoff game was in 2007, before they were swept by Colorado … Read more
As teams compile their rosters and prepare for the start of spring training, let’s review the free agent landscape for the best options for filling needs and providing depth. Here are the top 12 remaining free agents (plus a few names to watch) and my view on the best team to suit each player, based … Read more
Off your head, see if you can name the teams that have won the World Series each year for the last 10 seasons, in order. are you ready? no peeking. The answers, of course, are: 2013: Red Sox over the Cardinals2014: Giants over Royals2015: Royals on the Mets2016: Cubs on the Indians2017: Astros on Dodgers2018: … Read more
