The Cleveland Indians have lurked below the headlines of the American League so far this season. The Tribe are on a pace to win 89 games in a league where four teams are on a pace to win 100-plus. But none of those teams (Yankees, Red Sox, Astros, Mariners) are in the AL Central, so […]
In the aftermath of the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup breakthrough, I saw a social media post that noted the Capitals were rewarded for sticking with head coach Barry Trotz and imploring the Washington Redskins to take a cue from their neighbors. I wish I could remember who posted it, but it was on Twitter (doesn’t […]
The Detroit Tigers are hanging around in an AL Central race that was supposed to belong to the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers have won five in a row, are just 2 ½ games back of the Tribe and are poised to gain further ground when they go to lowly Cincinnati to start this week. But […]
We’ve officially entered the summer of the sports calendar. The Rites of Spring, the NHL-NBA playoff run is over. Earlier this week, TheSportsNotebook took a look at some historical fallout of the Washington Capitals’ breakthrough Stanley Cup and the Golden State Warriors cruising to a a third crown in four years and what that means […]
The Boston Red Sox are solidly on a pace to win 100 games for the first time since 1946, with a .686 win percentage coming into the weekend. Yet earlier this week, as I was driving home in New England, the WEEI talk shows were ablaze with a sense of urgency after losing a home […]
It’s been nearly ten years since the New York Yankees last won a World Series and in the baseball culture of the Bronx, that probably has Yankee fans seeing themselves on a par with fan bases of the Cubs and Astros—the next in line to end an interminably long championship drought. This Yankee team has […]
Two years ago at this time Kevin Durant was another player with the “can’t win the big one” label following him around. He left Oklahoma City in the dust, signed on with Golden State and now has two rings and two NBA Finals MVP trophies. Durant has re-written his legacy. With the summer of free […]
The 44-year wait ended last Thursday night when the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup. More than a first championship, it was a Cup that ended a long stretch of playoff underachievement. For a fan base that I consider very underrated—I lived near Baltimore for four years and was impressed with the level of […]
There’s a lot of championship hardware getting ready to be handed out in what’s going to be the most action-packed weekend of sports until we get baseball and football running in tandem in fall. It really got started last night in Las Vegas, when the Washington Capitals ended the hockey season by clinching the Stanley […]
The Colorado Rockies have never been the easiest team to try and evaluate. The high altitude that makes for an offense-heavy home environment always inflates batting numbers and depresses pitching ones. That’s why, as this Rockies team stays in a packed NL West race, a couple numbers in particular jump out—Colorado is 21-14 on the […]
Scoring runs is not something that one thinks should be a problem for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not with hitter-friendly Chase Field as their home and that hot desert weather that’s conducive for getting hitters in a good groove. But that’s exactly what’s been the problem for the D-Backs so far in 2018 and it stands […]
We’re coming to the end of the period on the sports calendar that I think of simply as “The Rites of Spring.” The two-month long saga where the NHL and NBA playoffs are running simultaneously. Even though, as a fan, my first love is baseball, hockey and hoops are always at the lead in my […]
