In writing up my final MLB Power Ranking last week, I finished up the Washington Nationals comments with this line: "I believe that this postseason could very well be Bryce Harper's true launching pad to on-field stardom."The Nats finished 2nd in the Power Ranking and were the team that I believed were best positioned to … Continue reading Bryce Harper’s Coming Out Party
Chasing a Home Run Derby crown
Tonight is the annual Homerun Derby contest, which has become a staple at the Major League Baseball All-Star festival since the 1985 season when Dave Parker, the longtime Pittsburgh Pirates slugger but then of the Cincinnati Reds, took the contest held in Minnesota. The Homerun Derby pits a half dozen of baseball's top hitters, usually … Continue reading Chasing a Home Run Derby crown
MATT VEASEY 