The 2024 Major League Baseball Draft will be held July 14-16. In other words, it's just two days away! So with that in mind, welcome to the penultimate edition of our 2024 MLB Mock Draft! It comes with some changes. We'll do our final edition of the 2024 MLB Mock Draft Sunday morning. The Sports Bank is the only independently-owned, mom and pop shop website to do a mock … [Read more...] about 2024 MLB Mock Draft: Final Update 7-14-24
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History of Baseball Card Collecting: Recovery From Bubble Burst to Present Day
Our History of Baseball Card Collecting series continues with a look at the recovery from the bubble bursting, where we are now and where we are going Go here for part one, covering the hobby's origins. Part two, focusing on the Topps monopoly, can be found here. Part three, focusing on the golden age, overexpansion and bubble bursting, can be found here. … [Read more...] about History of Baseball Card Collecting: Recovery From Bubble Burst to Present Day
History of Baseball Card Collecting: The Topps Monopoly Era
Note: this article on the Topps monopoly era is part of a series on the overall history of baseball card collecting. It will run in portions here and on the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America newsletter. Remember opening your first ever wax pack of Topps baseball cards? Oftentimes, the back bookend of the card came with a stain on it, from having been wedged … [Read more...] about History of Baseball Card Collecting: The Topps Monopoly Era
FOX Sports Places Yankees-Red Sox Promo at World Trade Memorial Site
Watching last night's New York Yankees rout over the Boston Red Sox was joyous for fans of the home team and painful for supporters of the visitors. But there was one moment which was difficult to consume for people on both sides of this rivalry. Before cutting to commercial, the graphics team on the FOX Sports broadcast placed their Baseball Night in America logo directly … [Read more...] about FOX Sports Places Yankees-Red Sox Promo at World Trade Memorial Site
Yankees News and Notes: Red Sox Series, Old-Timers Day
It's two more against the arch-rival Boston Red Sox, and then the All-Star break for the New York Yankees. The Yankees lost 5-4 to the BoSox last night in extra innings but they remain in first place, by 12 games over the Tampa Bay Rays, with a record of 62-28. Losers of five of their last six, the Yanks are starting to come down to Earth now, having passed the midway part of … [Read more...] about Yankees News and Notes: Red Sox Series, Old-Timers Day
How the Baseball Hall of Fame Acknowledges the Steroids Era
(Editor's Note: Re-posting from August 2019, in the wake of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens not getting in the Hall of Fame) To me, the most interesting aspect of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is what passes as "the steroids wing." The entire steroids era, from approximately the mid 1990s to the early 2010s is covered by just one display case, which focuses on … [Read more...] about How the Baseball Hall of Fame Acknowledges the Steroids Era
2021 MLB Mock Draft Final Edition 7-11-21
The Major League Baseball Draft is July 11-13, being staged in conjunction with the All-Star Game in Colorado. Welcome to our final 2021 MLB mock draft. Far as we know, we're the only mom and pop shop, small business style site on the whole world wide web that does a mock draft for all four major sports. Here's the links to the latest mocks for the NFL, NBA and NHL. … [Read more...] about 2021 MLB Mock Draft Final Edition 7-11-21
How to Make the Best Baseball Picks
Deciding which team to pick in your baseball pool at work, the sports book, or even a friendly game between your friends is difficult to do, but does not have to be so difficult. Now, with that being the case you may want some help in figuring out which one of the teams you should be picking. An easy way would be to buy an experts MLB picks, which definitely would be helpful, … [Read more...] about How to Make the Best Baseball Picks
Three Great Documentaries to Start Your 30 for 30 Binge
It’s a great time for watching sports documentaries. Netflix’ The Last Dance and Sunderland ‘Til I Die are among the fantastic options out there at the moment, and there are rumours of plenty more on the way. ESPN, the company behind The Last Dance, is, of course, a dab hand at making sports documentaries. And, one of its best collections is found in the stunning 30 for 30 … [Read more...] about Three Great Documentaries to Start Your 30 for 30 Binge
Betting on Hardball: Odds are still in Baseball’s Favor
October 30, 2019. That's the last time a Major League Baseball game was played. It's when the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 in game seven of the World Series. Since then, more than 225 days have passed without a pitch, 5,400 hours have been whiled away and the world has suffered a global pandemic. … [Read more...] about Betting on Hardball: Odds are still in Baseball’s Favor
