To understand a Cleveland fan, or just the sports landscape of the city itself, out-of-town and national writers must feel obligated to offer up the preamble. Before any success can be achieved or any praise be given, we must be reminded of the failure, or is it failures? It seems like either could work, and we've reached the point where we've got a preamble to the … [Read more...] about Cleveland Sports Misery: This Is a New One
The Washington Nationals and Last Week in Baseball
It isn't always good to be the king, or in the case of the Washington Nationals, maybe the media can lay a little low, when it comes to how easy it is supposed to be for them in 2015. The first week of their season stunk of 'meh', and things went from blah to bad in Boston, where the Red Sox took the first two and the Nats took the getaway game on Wednesday. It was back home … [Read more...] about The Washington Nationals and Last Week in Baseball
The Houston Astros and Last Week in Baseball
You can usually pencil these Houston Astros, of the new American League variety, to finish dead-last or at least close to it, but these down years have potentially given them hope to build a solid core for the future. While you have to be an absolute seam-head to follow the MLB Draft in the present tense, looking at what Houston has done in the first round of the draft lately … [Read more...] about The Houston Astros and Last Week in Baseball