Posted by thesportsjunky on March 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The MLB season is almost here and as always there are plenty of stories to watch as the season approaches with the league and the players continuing to grow apart.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on July 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The MLB All-Star break was anything but uneventful as the rumours swirled and a big trade was finalized making one of the worst times on the sports calendar one of the craziest.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on June 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A recent interview brought back a debate as Rob Manfred gave new life to the idea of taking away the human element behind the plate and using technology to call balls and strikes.
Posted by thesportsjunky on March 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The MLB season is almost here and with a new season comes plenty of big stories to watch from rule changes to new stars all look to take the attention throughout the season.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on August 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The MLB is a slow league to change but the demand is growing for the league to change the way umpiring is done by establishing an automatic strike zone and taking the human element out of the game.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The MLB season is set to get underway and with a new season comes plenty of new stories to watch throughout 2017 with a new era of baseball taking hold and providing new issues for the league and the players to deal with.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The MLB loves their stories and curses and patterns make great stories including the longest cursed team beating the best team every even year.
Posted by thesportsjunky on August 19, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The debate over awards has already begun as the Cy Young Award is one of the most interesting with the AL race eating up and a relief pitcher in the mix.
Posted by thesportsjunky on April 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Rob Manfred hasn’t faced many major decisions in his short term as Commissioner of Baseball but comments this week may cause him to make some very big decisions in the near future.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The MLB season is about to begin and once again there will be any number of stories to watch heading into the new year including these five major story lines that everyone will be watching.
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