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MLB Trade Scenarios: 5 Teams Who Should Pounce on Zack Greinke

2012-02-06
As we near the start of spring training and the 2012 regular season, we start to analyze players to see which will perform well, which will perform poorly, which will stay put and which will be traded.  We make projections and predictions and try our best to single-handedly determine who will walk away eight-and-a-half months from now with the trophy.  We're usually wrong, but we try regardless ...

Nicknames for Possible MLB Expansion Clubs: Fan Take

2012-02-02
The Major League Baseball playoffs are expanding. Commissioner Bud Selig wants two more wild card teams in the postseason in 2012. If the playoff format is successful, there may be more MLB teams on the way. As America's population grows and cities get bigger, expanding...

Top MLB Home Run Hitters Born in Texas: Fan’s Review

2012-02-02
There have been many great home run hitters born in Texas . Home of the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, this state is home to two MLB teams and is the birthplace of over 800 MLB players. Here's a look at the top 10 home run hitters with a hometown in Massachusetts.

Fan's Take: Additional MLB Wild Card Teams? I'll Pass

2012-01-30
MLB commissioner Bud Selig appeared at the Chicago White Sox fan fest Jan. 27 and reiterated his belief that the new baseball playoff system will begin this season. The idea, which Selig says has the full support of baseball teams, would add one wild card team in each league and...

What a 32-team MLB Would Look Like: Fan Take

2012-02-02
Commissioner Bud Selig wants expanded playoffs for Major League Baseball. Two more teams will be added as wild card entries to make 10 overall playoff teams in October. If the format works well, there may be more MLB teams on the way to expand the league to 32 teams.

MLB Power Rankings: February Predictions and Rankings for All 30 Teams

2012-02-01
February is not the time to try to build a winner through MLB free agency or trades. Though Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson and Yoenis Cespedes remain on the open market, only the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins are really positioned to reap huge benefits from one marginal addition. With fewer than two weeks separating us from Spring Training, there remains time for teams to make ...

MLB Power Rankings: Can Pirates Take Advantage of NL Central Teams' Problems?

2012-02-02
Sports Illustrated's latest MLB Power Rankings have the Pirates at No. 20, ahead of two NL Central teams (the Cubs at No. 26 and the Astros dead last). Here's a portion of what SI has to say: For the 2012 Pirates to show improvement, they'll need to score more than 610 runs (14th in the NL last year); they've got a core of young hitters (led by Andrew McCutchen , Neil Walker and Jose Tabata ) to ...

Five Arguments Against an MLB Salary Cap: Fan Take

2012-02-02
Major League Baseball had the fifth-highest attendance in league history in 2011. With exciting finishes to the season and the best baseball players on the planet, MLB is poised to continue its money-making ways for 2012. A new collective bargaining agreement was signed in November...

MLB Free Agency: Every Team's All-Time Epic Offseason Failure

2012-02-01
During the offseason MLB teams are willing to go out and spend big money on free agents. There have been times when these deals have not worked out for the teams. While there have been a number of free agents that have been outstanding, there are a number of signings that teams would like to forget. Some of these signings cost teams tens of millions of dollars. Injuries derailed some players ...

@DanWeiner I don't mind it. Dynasties get old. Would you want the NFL looking like the NBA or MLB with a handful of competitive teams?

2012-02-06
@DanWeiner I don't mind it. Dynasties get old. Would you want the NFL looking like the NBA or MLB with a handful of competitive teams?

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2012-02-06
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2012-02-06
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2012-02-06
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2012-02-06
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2012-02-06
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RT @macdommy: MLB n NFL are flawed sports, the champs both had worst records during the season then teams that didn't even make the playoffs. #BITTER

2012-02-06
RT @macdommy: MLB n NFL are flawed sports, the champs both had worst records during the season then teams that didn't even make the playoffs. #BITTER

Hey teams with racial overtones in your name, you're supposed to tone it down with age. Also Atl, your new logo sucks. http://t.co/Viwem7NV

2012-02-06
Hey teams with racial overtones in your name, you're supposed to tone it down with age. Also Atl, your new logo sucks. http://t.co/Viwem7NV

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2012-02-06
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