Written by fans for fans
While filling out my hypothetical ballot for the 2022 MLB Hall of Fame class, it became clear that, as in year's past, the use of steroids will be the make or break for many of the players. It's hard to say no to certain players and yes to other players when
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In this article by Michael J. Enz, Jonathan Murphy, and James E. Tienery, the three professors apply George Akerlof’s market for lemons theory to baseball, and specifically the free agency market. Just like Akerlof’s study of the used car markets, MLB free agency is one with plenty of uncertainty surrounding a
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It's honestly been a while since I watched a full edition of SportsCenter in the morning. And a lack of live sports (sorta) has certainly contributed to that. This morning the program ended, as always, with the Top 10 plays, but this edition of the Top 10 focused on the
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The Ivy League officially announced today that all Fall 2020 sports seasons are canceled, most notably the college football season. Stanford University also announced today that after the 2020-2021 season, they will be terminating 11 of their 36 varsity sports due to severe budget deficits. I think these two independent
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After reading My Personal 18 by Matt Brown, I was intrigued by the idea. Unfortunately, however, I do not have the same amount nor the variety of golf experiences as Matt and some of the other members of the First and Fan team. Nonetheless, I still was interested in participating
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The past two decades haven’t been easy for Met’s fans, even with the World Series appearance in 2015. And every year on July 1st, those groans seem to get just a little bit louder. July 1st is known as Bobby Bonilla Day to Mets fans, as it marks another payment of
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Yesterday, Drew Brees was trending on Twitter for this video interview he gave regarding kneeling protests to the national anthem, stemming from the current climate and anti-racism, anti-police brutality protests in the United States presently. https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/1268206174073126915 The reaction was pretty swift and very critical, especially by some of his teammates and fellow
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Dan, Ryan, Brendan, and I all predicted our first rounds of the NFL Draft. The rules are simple, if you get the correct pick, you get one point. If you predict a trade correctly, you get two points. If you get a pick AND trade correctly, three points. The most
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In true Cincinnati fashion, an unbelievably costly error led to the Bengals spending their first overall draft pick on burro. NFL Commissioner frantically glanced at his staff with a bewildered look as he saw the first overall pick sent via Zoom conference private message. Everyone expected the first pick to
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Each year around mid-late August, everyone from the sports superfans to casual fans to the weird guy at your office that roots for whoever your boss likes play fantasy football. The level of research leading up to the draft will always vary, but whether you check your team every hour
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