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Author Archives: Bryan
2017 Baseball Preview, Part II
Yesterday, I ranked the 100 players I expect the most out of in 2017. On this proper opening day, let’s take a look at how I see things shaking up, teamwise. Let’s start with standings: AL East W L GB … Continue reading
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2017 Baseball Preview
Whether you believe Opening Day happens when two teams play on ESPN while your kids are in bed or when your favorite team takes the field on Monday, it’s close enough that we can pretend our yards aren’t coated in evil … Continue reading
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2017 Hall of Fame Ballot
The Hall of Fame ballot backlog built up in recent years has been frustrating, to say the least. In 2016, some blessed space was opened up when Mike Piazza was elected and Mark McGwire and Alan Trammell aged off the … Continue reading
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2016 Other Award Ballots
With MVPs and Cy Youngs out of the way, let’s take a look at the awards for best manager, rookie, and reliever in 2016: Manager of the Year National League I typically decide this simply by comparing my preseason predictions … Continue reading
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2016 Cy Young Ballots
This year’s MVP votes were pretty straightforward. Mike Trout was easily the best player in the American League, and while some people won’t vote for him because his teammates are awful, few will deny he was the most effective player … Continue reading
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2016 MVP Ballots
Unless your team wins the World Series, there are few days on the calendar sadder than the day the last out settles into a player’s glove and baseball slips into hibernation. Among the few reprieves from the long, dark winter … Continue reading
Forecasting October with Playoff Runs
If you’ve paid any attention to baseball over the past decade or so, you know that playoff results are governed by something other than logic. There is no formula that can identify a great playoff team. October baseball is driven … Continue reading
The Gift of Papi and other Red Sox Tales
Here’s one I wrote for The Forecaster a few weeks ago. At the bottom of the page, you can follow links to the rest of my work for the paper this summer. __________________________________________________ Think about the best Christmas present you’ve … Continue reading
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Awards Preview
So, August is almost over, and unless you’re a loyal reader of The Forecaster or USA Today Sports Weekly, you haven’t read anything I’ve written about baseball in most of a baseball season. Rather than make excuses, I’ll offer a … Continue reading
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Let’s Pick Some All-Stars
If you’ve been around these parts before, you know I’m not a fan of picking all-stars based on a 50-game sample at the beginning of a season, and that I don’t like giving lifetime-achievement awards to aging players in July either. … Continue reading
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