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Last night, Game 3 of the World Series squared off in South Philly, and the surging offensive firepower of the Philadelphia Phillies found a way to win a crucial game at home powered by five home runs. The Phillies beat the Houston Astros soundly, 7-0, and the Philly bats pounced on Houston starter Lance McCullers […]

Tonight, the sports world will turn its attention to the 2022 World Series, a best-of-seven playoff that pits the American League champion Houston Astros against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. The series will begin tonight, October 28, and last through November 5. The schedule for the series is as follows (all times EST) and […]

Over three months after MLB team owners began the lockout, it’s finally come to an end. On March 10, the MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) settled on a new collective bargaining agreement, which means that the 2022 baseball season if officially back on. And while the new labor deal comes as a relief […]

Each passing day brings us closer to Major League Baseball’s 2022 season. Fans are eager to see their teams back on the field in the coming weeks. But a standoff between the MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) puts all that in jeopardy. If a decision isn’t reached soon, the MLB has threatened to […]

For the first time in over 30 years, the team owners in Major League Baseball have imposed a lockout on the players. This is the first work stoppage in 26 years since a players’ strike in 1994 that led to the cancellation of the World Series and lasted until April of the following year. The two […]

A wild pitch is one thing. But what if a pitcher purposefully hits a batter? That appears to be what happened last Thursday in a matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox. In the top of the ninth, White Sox pitcher Mike Wright threw two pitches that barely missed hitting Angels […]

This week, former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies and Ted Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals. The three players had been selected for the 2020 Hall of Fame class, but last year’s ceremony was postponed due to the pandemic. With plenty […]

On Saturday night, MLB star Shohei Ohtani added yet another feather to his proverbial cap. The Los Angeles Angels pitcher/designated hitter achieved his 20th stolen base of the season in a matchup against the San Diego Padres. Because Ohtani had already notched 41 home runs in 2021 going into Saturday’s game, that placed him squarely […]

Monday night marked the return of the MLB Home Run Derby, an exciting lead-up to the MLB All-Star Game set for Tuesday evening. After the event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID concerns, baseball fans were thrilled to watch some of the league’s top hitters battle it out. The matchup pitted reigning Home Run […]

For decades, one of the most commonly cited statistics in baseball has been the batting average, commonly abbreviated as AVG. Hits offer the biggest moments of excitement in most games, so it’s only natural that the ability to make contact with a pitch has been a big factor in how a player ranks in their […]