Tag Archives: baseball

Toronto: The City of Champions (Updated)

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Edward Brain

The Toronto Argonauts have just won their 19th Grey Cup with their 41-24 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 111th Grey Cup. It is a reminder to me of how successful Toronto teams can be. Toronto has had … Continue reading →

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Pete Rose Passes Away at 83

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Edward Brain

Famed baseball player Pete Rose has passed away on September 30th, 2024. Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle’, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 14th, 1941 to Harry Francis and LaVerne Rose. He would play football and baseball … Continue reading →

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2019 League Championship Series

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Edward Brain

The 2019 Divisional Series have now been completed and the Amercian League Championship Series (ALCS) and National League Championship Series (NLCS) are now set. Let’s look at the two series:

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2018 World Series

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Edward Brain

The 114th edition of the World Series is set to start between the National League (NL) Pennant winners the Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) Pennant winners the Boston Red Sox.  The Red Sox have home field advantage. … Continue reading →

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Cooperstown Class of 2014

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Edward Brain

Today Cooperstown announced the Class of 2014 for the baseball Hall of Fame.  The three winners this year are Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and Frank Thomas. All three have won multiple awards during their careers.  Both Glavine and Maddux were … Continue reading →

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Bud Selig to Retire as MLB Commissioner

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Edward Brain

Bud Selig announced yesterday that he would be retiring as the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (M.L.B.) after the 2014 season after more than 20 years as Commissioner.  This is not the first time he has announced his plans to … Continue reading →

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The Blues Jays after One Month

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Edward Brain

Now that April has come to an end, I’d like to examine how the Blue Jays are performing compared to the 2012 Season.  This season was taunted as being a breakout year for the Toronto Blue Jays after the acquisition … Continue reading →

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