The New Baseball Playoff Format: Losing the Meaning of the Season

Instead of being a leader in the world of sports in trying to retain the integrity of a six-month grueling season, the league has decided to try a New Baseball Playoff Format that rewards mediocrity and late season streaks.

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The Phillies Demise: On an Almost Perfect Autumn Night for Baseball

The team that would do anything to win, did. The team that could win everything, lost.

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Jimmy Rollins’ Moral Dilemma: Win or Stay

Jimmy Rollins could suffer the same fate as Pat Burrell of the 2008 championship team.Jimmy’s moral dilemma is if he wins the World Series, he will to lose his position on the most desired team in baseball.

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The Phillies' Trade Deadline Dilemma: Stand Pat or Sell the Farm?

Over the past decade, the Phillies have gone from being sellers, unloading an ace pitcher Curt Schilling for four lower priced prospects, to buyers, giving up their own highly regarded yet unproven talent for top of the rotation pitchers Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt.

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The All Star Game: Give Us a Break

Let us sit back and think about some of the good Baseball stories so far, and why the All Star needs a kick to the curb.

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World Series Politics: Pelosi’s Giants vs. Bush’s Rangers

We have the traditional Democratic liberal homestead of California arguing with the Republican stronghold of Texas, and whether you like politics or baseball, the coincidences can not be ignored.

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National Recognition

With roughly a little more than a third of the 2010 baseball season in the books, and with the second coming of Cy Young about to make his major league debut as I write this, I thought now would be a good time to re-visit my previous post “National Forecast”.

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