The 2023 baseball season was a major disappointment for the Cleveland Guardians for a couple of reasons: 1) they regressed from 2022, a season in which they won the AL Central crown, won a wild card series and took the mighty New York Yankees to the brink in the divisional round. Instead, they finished 10 … Read More
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MLB – Cleveland Guardians 2023 Season Preview
The 2023 major league baseball season is about to start, and this year we’re providing our first season preview of the favorite club here at Rayonsports, the Cleveland Guardians. Coming off a surprising season that saw them win the American League Central Division, knock out Tampa Bay in the wild card round and stretch the … Read More
MLB – Cleveland Indians – The End of An Era
The Major League baseball regular season wound up this week and an event of historical proportions took place in Cleveland, Ohio as that city’s big league team ended the 100+ year era as the “Indians”. The franchise had been known as the Cleveland Naps, after star player Nap Lajoie, but when Lajoie left the club, … Read More
The 10 Best Baseball Team Nicknames of All Time
Baseball, over the years, has never had a shortage of nicknames for individual players as well as teams. Just as my list of top hockey team and tandem nicknames included a pair from the sport’s most iconic franchise, the Montreal Canadiens, this list of the ten best team nicknames has two for the national pastime’s winningest … Read More
The 10 Best Baseball Nicknames of All Time
Baseball may have the best list of all-time nicknames, so it was really hard to trim down to just ten. Some classics that didn’t make the list, but deserve honorable mention, are George Herman “Babe” Ruth, “Hammerin’” Hank Aaron, “Yogi” Berra, “Cool Papa” Bell, “Joltin’ ” Joe DiMaggio, Stan “The Man” Musial, Ron Cey … Read More
MLB – The Francona Effect in Cleveland
The Cleveland Indians completed an amazing regular season journey in the American League this weekend by sweeping the Twins in Minnesota to clinch the top AL wild card spot. The team hired Terry Francona as manager prior to the season and his presence has been the main factor in the team qualifying for the postseason … Read More
MLB – Review of Warner Brothers Film ’42’
Movies about sports don’t usually measure up to films that wind up getting Oscar buzz for being dramatic or memorable, but the movie “42” , chronicling Jackie Robinson’s signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers, is more than just a run-of-the-mill sports movie. It’s an honest portrayal of an important event in American history. Sports often mirror … Read More
Miguel Cabrera’s Triple Crown Accomplishment
When New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees recently broke John Unitas’ record of throwing touchdown passes in 47 consecutive games, the achievement was compared to someone breaking baseball’s supposed “unbreakable” mark – Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak. I personally believe DiMaggio’s record is more impressive, considering the day-to-day grind of a long season … Read More
MLB – The Five Most Controversial Pitchers of All Time
This particular “list” post was supposed to be the 5 most controversial major league baseball players of all time, but when I narrowed down the choices to 5, I realized they were all pitchers, hence the title change. I’ve always thought of catchers as the “characters” when it comes to baseball players (former Orioles catcher Rick … Read More
MLB – Five Most Memorable All Star Game Moments
The major league baseball All Star game is being played tonight, and the game is really a “Midsummer Classic”. Out of the four major league professional sports, baseball has the distinction of having its’ annual All Star game actually be a good representation of the way the sport is played in the regular season. The same thing … Read More