I should have posted this last week before MLB’s wild-card round reduced the number of possible World Series matchups from 36 to 16. The math on that is simple, but let’s look at it anyway.
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Two Important Positions for the Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners need to hire a new field manager and a lead radio announcer this offseason. Who has the harder job to do in filling these two positions? Is it President of Baseball Operations Jerry DiPoto, who will make the call on the replacement for fired manager Dan Wilson? Or is it the Marketing & Communications Department, which is tasked with replacing Rick Rizzs, who retired after serving for 41 years in the radio booth?
Continue readingMLB: Rivalries Weekend
I’m not sure if Major League Baseball schedules a rivalries weekend every year, but every time they do, it must be fun for fans. Of the 15 three-game series being played this weekend, 10 feature teams from the same city/metro area or the same state. Let’s look at how the first day of rivalries weekend went.
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