Billy Hamilton Steals His 146th Base of the Season
The great Rickey Henderson once said: “If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done anything in the baseball game.” Having stolen 146 bases in 121 games it would appear that Reds’ prospect Billy...
View ArticleTop 10 Story Lines I’m Planning to Watch In 2013
We’re just over 48 hours away from the start of the 2013 MLB regular season, and I couldn’t be more excited. Baseball fans everywhere are making final predictions as to how they feel things will play...
View ArticleMy First Two MiLB Games of the 2013 Season
Opening Day for Major League Baseball took place on Monday, however, Opening Day for the Carolina Mudcats (A+ affiliates of the Indians), of the Carolina League, is taking place later tonight. For the...
View ArticleMy Baseball Game Schedule for the Rest of June
So far this season I’ve attended seven minor league baseball games–three Carolina Mudcats games, and four Durham Bulls games. In that time, I’ve been able to collect fourteen autographs, two game used...
View Article2013 Futures Game: Players You’ll See This Season
The rosters for the 2013 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game were announced yesterday, with 50 of the minor leagues’ best players receiving the honor. The players are split into a U.S. and a World team,...
View ArticleBilly Hamilton Living Up to the Expectations
After receiving his highly anticipated call-up to the Majors on September 2nd, Billy Hamilton finally got a chance to show off every aspect of his game on Wednesday, against the Astros, as he was...
View ArticleRecapping My 2013 MiLB & MLB Baseball Season
Now that the 2013 Minor League Baseball season is over, and with no shot at attending any more MLB games this year, I can finally post a blog entry recapping my season out at the ballpark. I managed to...
View Article2014 Top 100 Prospects List Released
I’m not sure what it is about prospects that intrigues me so much, but I absolutely love studying over, and basically memorizing, the top 100 prospects list — the stars of tomorrow. I didn’t really get...
View ArticleSurprising Starts for Teams A Week Into the Season
It’s been just over a week since Opening Day launched the 2014 Major League Baseball season back on March 31st, and there have already been a lot of ups and downs for teams all around baseball, some of...
View ArticleDee Gordon, the Overlooked Billy Hamilton
When Billy Hamilton stole over 100 bases in 2011, he caught the attention of numerous people. When Hamilton broke the all-time minor league single-season stolen base record in 2012 by swiping 155 bags,...
View ArticleMLB Award Frontrunners At the All-Star Break
Sunday marked the last day of MLB games until after the All-Star break, and although the baseball world is looking forward to seeing Giancarlo Stanton put on a show in tonight’s home run derby (he’s...
View ArticleHeading into the Final Month of the 2014 MLB Season
It’s hard to believe, but the 2014 Major League Baseball regular season is almost over. Today marks exactly one month until the final games of the season, on September 28th, and teams are making their...
View ArticleJacob deGrom Dominates, Adds to His R.O.Y. Case
Although it didn’t result in a victory for the Mets, Jacob deGrom — given a no decision in a 6-5 Mets loss — was as good Monday night as he’s been all season long. Striking out the first eight batters...
View ArticleMy Vote for 2014 N.L. Rookie of the Year
As I stated in my American League Rookie of the Year post, watching young players succeed upon their first year in the majors is always fun. Though it never guarantees that any given player will carry...
View ArticleAbreu and deGom Win Rookie of the Year Award
The Rookie of the Year award was first handed out in 1947 to Jackie Robinson, after he broke baseball’s color barrier and went on to have a great first season of what would become a Hall of Fame...
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