By: Mike Rifkin For the first time since 2011 Albert Pujols will play regular season games for the St. Louis Cardinals. The future Hall of Famer signed a one year contract with the team he helped win two World Series. After winning their second World Series in 2011 Pujols signed a 10 year 254 millionContinue reading “The Machine Returns”
Category Archives: MLB
Are The Toronto Blue Jays the AL East Favorites?
By: Mike Rifkin The Toronto Blue Jays finished 2021 with a 91-71 record. That record led them to fourth place in the AL East and missed the Wild Card by one game. That has been motivation for the Jays who have been very active since the baseball lockout ended. On Wednesday morning the Toronto BlueContinue reading “Are The Toronto Blue Jays the AL East Favorites?”
NEWS OUT OF METS TRAINING CAMP
By Mark Halpern The season hasn’t begun yet, and the Mets are filling the headlines by making trades, signing new free agents to the team, Steve Cohen not caring that he has a luxury tax built in for him. However, yesterday one of the Mets premiere players had a brush with death. Mets All-Star firstContinue reading “NEWS OUT OF METS TRAINING CAMP”
MLB TEAM SONGS
By Mark Halpern During football season I did a post about NFL Teams and what their team song represents them before the season. Well, this is the Baseball version. National League East New York Mets: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes Atlanta Braves: We are the Champions by Queen Washington Nationals: The Cheap SeatsContinue reading “MLB TEAM SONGS”
BASEBALL IS BACK
METS UPDATE By Mark Halpern Well, Baseball is back, and things are already heating up in New York. After a long 99 day lockout due to the CBA not being done. Both sides finally agreed, and Baseball resumed operations last Thursday. We here at The Sports Insanity Network are thrilled. Now that that’s outContinue reading “BASEBALL IS BACK“
Rick Zolzer The Voice of the Hudson Valley Renegades
By Mark Halpern & Lawrence Lang Rick Zolzer The Voice of the Hudson Valley Renegades Of the Hudson Valley Renegades By Mark Halpern & Lawrence Lang A few weeks ago, Lawrence “Patch-man” Lang and I (Mark “Old Ops Guy” Halpern) wrote an article regarding the sale of the Single-A Baseball Club the Hudson Valley RenegadesContinue reading “Rick Zolzer The Voice of the Hudson Valley Renegades“
Rob-bing Us Of Baseball
By: Mike Rifkin On Tuesday it was announced that Major League Baseball and the Players Association could not come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. With that, Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced that the first two series of the 2022 season are canceled. There is only one individual to blame for this messContinue reading “Rob-bing Us Of Baseball”
THE DARK KNIGHT HAS A DARK PAST
By Mark Halpern So, for those of you who don’t know whom I am talking about, I am talking about former Mets and Major League Pitcher Matt Harvey. The New York Mets selected Harvey with the 7th overall pick in the 2010 M.L.B. draft. It didn’t take him long to reach the majors, as hisContinue reading “THE DARK KNIGHT HAS A DARK PAST”
Re-Writing History
By: Mike Rifkin On Tuesday the Baseball writers association of America elected one player into the 2022 Hall Of Fame class. That player is former Red Sox DH David Ortiz who was in his first year of eligibility and received 77.9 percent of the vote. Ortiz, a three time World Series Champion, World Series MVP,Continue reading “Re-Writing History”
Three Cases For the Hall Of Fame
By : Mike Rifkin On January 25th the 2022 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame will be revealed. People will be focused on where Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens are at entering their tenth and final year on the ballot. People will also be interested to see where first time candidates AlexContinue reading “Three Cases For the Hall Of Fame”
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