by Bryan Smith | Feb 19, 2017 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on February 19, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona resisted the urge to rearrange his bullpen last summer when the team acquired Andrew Miller, despite the lefty being one of the game’s top relievers. After Cleveland’s...
by Travis Goldberg | Feb 19, 2017 | Basketball, News, Travis Pulver
Posted on February 18, 2017, by Travis Pulver Baylor really needed a win Saturday against Kansas. Not so much because they wanted to keep their very slim Big 12 title hopes open but because the team could use the kind of confidence boost that comes with beating the...
by Bryan Smith | Feb 18, 2017 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on February 18, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine Most of the time, an arbitration hearing is not the best thing when it comes to building a positive relationship between team and player. The player has to sit in a hearing and listen to his team list all of his...
by Bryan Smith | Feb 18, 2017 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on February 18, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine The San Diego Padres have spent much of the offseason adding journeymen starting pitchers to their rotation, just hoping to make it through the season, as they continue a full-scale rebuilding project. A few days after...
by Bryan Smith | Feb 18, 2017 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on February 18, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine “The dream is over, baby!” That’s how Nick Swisher phrased it when he announced his retirement from professional baseball on Friday. Swisher made the announcement in a long but entertaining piece...
by Bryan Smith | Feb 17, 2017 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on February 17, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine After the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered what can only be described as an unfair amount of injuries during the 2016 season, the team already has its first injury of 2017 less than a week into spring training. Fortunately,...