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This past week we heard the words every baseball fan loves to hear, “Pitchers and Catchersreport today.” Yes, the 2017 MLB season is almost upon us and this time of the year preseason predictions are a must read. No, I’m not going to go through every fucking division and calculate their wins and losses like the nerds do. But I will give you a hot take of a prediction that will make everyone think. Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees Catcher, your 2017 AL MVP.
Hello, blog. It’s been a while. What a sports year it has been, with lifetime underdogs finally becoming champions in basketball soccer and even baseball. With the incredible postseason we just witnessed, it’s only fitting I talk about, at least in my opinion, the 10 best games since World War II. My criteria was simple: the most exciting, back and forth, goosebump inducing, awe-inspiring games I as a fan have either witnessed live or via YouTube (the World Series began being broadcasted on TV in 1947, and most since 1960 are available on video in some shape or form(thank god for MLBClassics)).
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DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE WILL PROBABLY PISS YOU OFF. ASK ME IF I GIVE A SHIT.
Ah, yes. It’s finally summer, even up here in the wasteland tundra of Buffalo. Hockey and Basketball are finishing up, and soon it’ll be just baseball for two months. While many think mid-June through August are the most boring sports months, I have three words for you. Home.Run.Derby. Or All-Star Game. The only meaningful one in sports is happening July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego. I love baseball and watch every day, but a lot of people don’t, and for them, the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby give them a chance to relive their youth, idolizing baseball stars across generations. Hell, the 1999 All-Star Game still gives me chills 17 years later.
With that being said, this is my American League All-Star Ballot, as well as who I think should be starting on the mound. Remember, I’m picking whose been good for a while, guys I want to see play, not necessarily the statistical “best” at each position.
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