Keeping it Real Sports

Sometimes, the race for the best record in the MLB is matched in excitement by the race for the worst. Just kidding. The Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals (who, mind you, are only three years off of back-to-back World Series appearances) have played some of the worst baseball in this league’s history. The Orioles are on pace to lose 114 games, more than their division-rival and MLB-best Boston Red Sox are on pace to win. The Royals are only slightly better; they ar

“The franchise under my leadership has never really committed to a full rebuild…There’s only one way to open a stadium successfully, and that’s with a good, young team.” These were the words of Oakland A’s “executive vice president” (aka GM) Billy Beane after the team traded away veteran bullpen stoppers Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle. The quote was an interesting one, as the A’s have always been a team that rides the rollercoaster of success, never FULLY going for it (except

This Tuesday, the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired outfielder JD Martinez from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for, of course, a bunch of prospects. The move signals the Dbacks willingness to go for broke this season, a somewhat questionable move given the fact that they sit 10.5 games out of first and only .5 a game ahead of third. However, that’s not to say they can’t make a Postseason run. The successes of previous wild card teams have been well-documented. From 2002-2004, all