Posts By Michael Swinehart
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10.1K1National LeagueSan Francisco Giants First Half Respectable and Disappointing
After putting up a franchise-record 107 wins last season, this year’s iteration of the San Francisco Giants hasn’t measured up to quite...
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10.5K2Cincinatti RedsThe 2022 Reds Could Be the Worst Team Ever Assembled
What can you say about the Cincinnati Reds? The Not-So Big Red Machine has been losing with mechanical precision of late. Their...
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7.5KNational LeagueReviewing the Giants’ Opening Day Roster
This year’s iteration of the Giants was always going to look very different without the return of franchise stalwart Buster Posey. Though...
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4.4KHall of FameThe Hall of Fame Doesn’t Deserve Our Attention
Last week, David Ortiz was the lone player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. 75%...
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4.5KNational LeagueOffseason Moves That Would Make Pirates Fans Jolly Rogers
Other than the spectacular beauty of Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, Pirates fans haven’t had very many reasons to watch a game since Andrew...
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5.9KHall of FameReflecting on Buster Posey’s Career
Last month, after 12 seasons of Major League Baseball, Buster Posey made the surprising yet defensible decision to step away from the...
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4.7KHot StoveFree Agent Outlook: Outfield
In my predictions last week on where I thought the offseason’s best free agent middle infielders would end up, I expected that...
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3.6K1Hot StoveFree Agent Outlook: Middle Infield
Right after Freddie Freeman’s caught the ball at first base that sealed the first Braves World Series victory since 1995, millions of...
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4.5K4AL WestThe Mariners Will Be Seaworthy With a Little TLC
The Mariners made a serious run for the postseason in September. After twenty-plus years of toiling away in mediocrity and anonymity, they...
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4.5KNational League
Looking Back on Brandon Belt’s Season
Among Giants fans, Brandon Belt has been a pretty polarizing figure over the last decade. His performance sparked something called the “Belt...
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6.7KAL WestThe Angels Are Stuck in Purgatory
The Angels have absolutely no business not being the most interesting team in baseball. How can a team with arguably the two...
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5.5KHot StoveFresh Blood in the Dodgers-Giants Rivalry
The two titans of the NL West over the last decade have been trading body blows all season long, adding extra drama...