The Ike Davis drama continues

It always seems like drama arises during spring training. The Ruben Tejada/Stephen Drew saga ramped back up once Tejada appeared at spring training earlier this week. And now, since there weren’t any big time rumors floating around, Ike Davis’ name has been brought back up. The Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates are back in the [...]

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Unconventional thinking: David Wright batting leadoff

Ludicrous? Idiotic? Maybe. If empirical analysis has taught us anything over the past few decades, it’s to question the convention. David Wright is the quintessential three-hole hitter. He shows patience, power and speed. However those are all the same attributes that Mike Trout displayed as a successful leadoff man for the Los Angeles Angels in [...]

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The curse of Citi Field

The curse of the Billy Goat and the Curse of the Bambino are two of the best-known curses in all of baseball.   But could there now be yet another curse on the rise?  Indeed, there is.  This curse affects New York’s favorite National League team, the New York Mets.  What is this curse though?  Think [...]

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