It’s a good time to review how the MLB teams are shaping up now that we’ve passed the end-of-calendar-year hump in the baseball off-season
Washington Nationals
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While the Kansas City Royals and their fans will be basking in the glory of winning the World Series for weeks to come, the rest of baseball has already turned its attention to taking the title themselves in 2016 or in the years ahead
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(Very) early MLB season form, Kimbrel’s debut and A-Rod’s home run record pursuit
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Where in the NL West and Central we saw teams grabbing headlines trying to get back into contention, in the East you can’t start anywhere else than looking at a team that has done precious little this offseason
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A televised gala award evening to celebrate the recent MLB season is a blindingly obvious way to present all the major trophies, reliving the pennant races, the postseason and also all the other smaller stories that made up the year, as well as acknowledging again the people elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame that year
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We are only a few days into the 2014 postseason, but it’s safe to say that when we look back over the offseason Friday’s bonanza of baseball will turn out to be one of the most memorable days from it
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'Weekly' Hit Ground BallMLB
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Nationals nicely placed
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithCould this be Washington’s year?
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A legend or a loser?
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'Weekly' Hit Ground BallMLB
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Dizzying deadline day
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithMLB’s trade deadline lived up to the hype
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There’s no doubt that the all-action head-first slide looks good; it gives the impression of a player going all out to try to be safe regardless of any risk to his body. It’s not a smart way to play the game though