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Nate Moller | Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The 2022 Major League Baseball season is underway. Most teams are four games in with over 150 games to play. The opening weekend doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. But, just for the fun of it, let’s overreact to some of the happenings from opening weekend. The Colorado Rockies are contenders Colorado
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Thursday, April 7, 2022
With the MLB about to start on Thursday, it has been hard to contain my excitement for the return of my favorite sport. But every time I mention it, I get the same few reactions. “Baseball is boring.” “It’s so slow.” “Nothing ever happens.” Or “it takes forever.” This article is my response to those
Nate Moller | Tuesday, March 29, 2022
With the Major League Baseball season kicking off in just over a week, it’s time to make some preseason playoff and World Series picks. With the newly expanded playoffs, there will now be three Wild Card teams, which should be exciting. I’ll give my playoff teams and then my playoff predictions. American League 1. Chicago
Nate Moller | Tuesday, March 22, 2022
In a Sports Authority I wrote last week, I discussed a recent trade between the Twins and Yankees and some of the implications the trade had. For the Twins, I predicted the trade as a stepping stone to make future signings, and clearly that is what the deal was. In perhaps the biggest, most stunning
Nate Moller | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
There has been plenty of buzz around the Major League Baseball world since the lockout ended last week, and the trades and free agent deals seem to keep coming. Some of the biggest headliners have undoubtedly been the Matt Olsen trade to the Braves, the Giants signing Carlos Rodón and the Dodgers retaining Clayton Kershaw.
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, January 24, 2022
The Hall of Fame. It’s the pinnacle of sport and this Tuesday, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) will announce the 2022 Hall of Fame class. Every year hundreds of baseball writers receive a ballot to vote for 10 players who they believe deserve baseball immortality in Cooperstown. This year it’s a little different,
David Kramer | Monday, November 15, 2021
The memories of wedging into an outfield reserve seat of the electrifying, drafty and almost surreal coliseum of the Twin Cities, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, will always be some of my most deeply cherished as a Twins fan. During the eras of success under the dome, reporters would compare the decibel level of the
Nate Moller | Wednesday, August 25, 2021
In a previous sports authority I wrote before the start of the MLB season, I picked the Minnesota Twins to make the World Series. With the Twins currently sitting in the cellar of the American League Central, holding one of the worst records in baseball, I have to discuss what went wrong for them to
Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
There has arguably never been a more relieving Opening Day than 2021. After the longest year of almost everyone’s life, things are finally starting to get closer to normal again. Major League Baseball is the latest example. A full 162-game season. Fans returning to ballparks across the league. The Yankees probably being dominant, much to
Nate Moller | Thursday, April 1, 2021
The Major League Baseball regular season is finally upon us. With that being said, it is time for some early season predictions. AL East: Often touted as the toughest division in baseball, this year should be no different with the 2020 runner-up Rays battling it out with the Yankees. While the Rays beat out the