With just one week left to go in the regular season, most teams are either gearing up for a magical run in October, or planning how to spend their newfound free time. Before Standing Room Only turns our full focus onto the 2018 MLB Postseason, we wanted to offer our winners for the major awards... Continue Reading →
It's hard to make the playoffs in baseball. Just win your division, sure; but what if you're in a division with a historically-dominant team? Then you win the wildcard--but what if there's a second historically-dominant team in your division? Then you're the Tampa Bay Rays. They were left for dead at the beginning of the... Continue Reading →
When you read this story, the first thing that comes to mind is the call of Bartolo Colon hitting his first major league home run. "The impossible has happened!" Well, that is how many baseball fans feel when they hear this news: The Tampa Bay Rays are actually close to getting a new stadium. Now,... Continue Reading →
Baseball fandom knows two speeds. Either your team is a lock to win the World Series, or they're on track for the #1 pick in the 2019 MLB Draft. That idea is more true than ever during the first week of the season. After just 5 games and 3% of the entire regular season, fans... Continue Reading →
After a baseball offseason that felt more like a Siberian winter than a patented MLB Hot Stove, the regular season has -- finally -- arrived. The problems of a miserable offseason (I feel you, Mike Moustakas) can be left behind. Some free agents still remain out in the cold, but for most of the teams... Continue Reading →
Opening Day is less than three weeks away. Soak that in for just a moment; three weeks until the unofficial official beginning of summer. Three weeks until every team's season begins anew, as fans hope and dream of hoisting the Commissioner's Trophy in October (well, unless you live in Florida. Sorry). To get you ready... Continue Reading →
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