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The 10 Most Shocking Game Day Events In MLB History

Posted: 15th June 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
The beauty of watching a baseball game is that there is always the chance that you could see something that has never been done before, or that may never be done again. What follows are what I feel are the 10 most shocking game day moments in baseball history. That is not to say that these are the 10 most impressive moments, but instead the 10 moments that made people say ...

2010 MLB Draft Results: The 10 Best Values of Day One

Posted: 8th June 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
Day one of the MLB Draft has come to a close, and contrary to popular belief, there are storylines beyond Bryce Harper going first overall to the Nationals. With so many good college prospects this season, a number of All-American caliber players slipped in the draft, and big names such as Brandon Workman are still left on the board for day two. That said, there were a number of teams who got ...

The Top 10 Team Theme Songs in MLB History

Posted: 11th May 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
There is a certain atmosphere that comes along with attending a MLB game. Sure, you can watch the game on television, and depending on where your seats are you may actually be able to watch the game on TV better than you can in person. You simply can't experience the feeling of thousands of cheering fans and all the little things that come along with attending a game. One such little thing, ...

Top Five Chicago Cubs by Last Name: “B”

Posted: 10th May 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
With such a rich and lengthy history, the Cubs have seen roughly 2,000 players don the Cubbie blue over the years. Because of that, I thought it would be fun to name who I feel are the top five players for all 26 letters of the alphabet, going by last name. To qualify, the player needs only to have played at least one game for the Cubs. However, only stats and accomplishments ...

Tim Lincecum vs. Roy Halladay: Who’s Better?

Posted: 26th April 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
Most would agree that Tim Lincecum and Roy Halladay are in the top tier of starting pitchers in all of baseball right now. There are certainly other names that could be in the argument such as C.C Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Felix Hernandez, among other. However, for the sake of this argument we will compare Lincecum and Halladay. To clarify, this is not choosing who I like better or who ...

10 Former MLB Superstars Who Look To Be Washed Up

Posted: 20th April 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
It is always hard to watch a player that was once at the top of his game not know when to call it a career. I understand, and fully respect, the fact that these guys love the game of baseball and want to play as long as they can. However, when they start taking on reserve roles or struggle to the point that they are forced into a reserve role, it ...

The Top 10 Rookie Seasons in MLB History

Posted: 13th April 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
One of the biggest stories of this young baseball season has been the play of 20-year phenom and NL Rookie of the Year candidate Jason Heyward of the Braves. Every team hopes to strike gold and draft the next superstar player, and when a player comes out and dominates in his first season, it always seems to garner a great deal of attention. With that, I have decided to name what I ...

The Top 10 Leadoff Hitters in MLB History

Posted: 30th March 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
Every spring, there are a handful of questions that each team faces and must resolve before the start of the regular season. Often these questions revolve around how to set the lineup and many times start with who will be the team's leadoff hitter. For the teams that had the 10 guys that follow on this list, that was never an issue, as you could pencil them in atop the lineup ...

The Top 10 Rookie Seasons in Chicago Cubs History

Posted: 24th March 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
With so much talk in Cubs' camp this spring training surrounding top prospect Starlin Castro, I decided to take a look back at so of the top rookie performances in team history. I went back as far as 1947, which was the first year that the Rookie of the Year Award was handed out. I only looked at the stats that the player posted during their rookie season when ranking them. ...

Chicago Cubs: The 10 Worst Moments In Team History

Posted: 15th March 2010 by Joel Reuter in MLB
There is no team in all of pro sports that shares the heart wrenchingly disappointing history that the Chicago Cubs possess. As everyone who has ever watched a baseball game is aware, the Cubs are 101 years removed from their last World Series title, and have not even played in the Fall Classic in 54 years. What follows is my take on the ten worst moments in the history of the ...