The day has finally arrived for baseball fans across the country and around the world. Major League Baseball begins its 148th season of play this afternoon.
My 2024 IBWAA Hall of Fame ballot
A "small ballot" guy over recent years, the nominees this time around led me to expand my ballot out to double-digits for the first time since 2019. This year, 10 players received my vote for the IBWAA Hall of Fame.
Bill Schlesinger and those who baseball lost in 2023
During this past calendar year of 2023, the Major League Baseball community lost several important figures. Among their number were 108 men who at one time or another pulled on a uniform and took the field with a big-league club, including one of the greatest Hall of Fame players of all-time.
2023 World Series preview and prediction
The 2024 World Series opens on Friday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas with the American League champion Texas Rangers playing host to the National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks.
Wild final week looms in MLB postseason races
As of the start of play on Monday, September 25, there was just one final week remaining in the 2023 MLB regular season. For at least half of the 30 clubs, the test results are going to result in a failing grade. Well, that is, at least if postseason contention is your measuring stick.
MATT VEASEY 