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Every year it seems the Texas Rangers compete for a playoff spot, but at the end they just run out of juice. Year after year sportswriters everywhere predict big things from the Texas Rangers, but this season you haven't really heard too much of that. The reason is because they have delivered so much disappointment to those that have picked them in previous seasons.  Despite that, I'm still going to go out on a ...
Say what you want about the Yankees. You can say they buy all their players. You can say that any team could be successful if they broke the bank every season like the Yankees. However, you would be wrong. Because just like the "underdog" Rays, Marlins, and Twins, the Yankees also develop talent. In fact, it was not big free agent signings that won the Yankees four World Series in five years from 1996-2000, but it was ...
The 1990s featured some of the greatest New York Knicks teams that we have ever seen. Year in and year out, they went to the playoffs only to be disappointed by some of the greatest performances in NBA playoff history, courtesy of two of the most clutch performers in NBA history. Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller. If you utter either of these players' names in Manhattan, you better have some brass ...
The ability to hitá25 Home Runs in one season is a special skill. The ability to stealá25 bases in one season is a skill just as special. The ability to do both is exceptionally rare and is a talent that can not be ignored or denied. Howeveráplayers like these somehow find a way to fly under the radar. But how? How could a player with such rare skills be passed on so ...