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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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As an exciting MLB season begins to wind down, the playoffs are set to be a thrilling toss-up.

COMMENTARY | Previewing the MLB Postseason

By Jay Kakani, Sports Staff Writer September 11, 2025

As MLB enters the final month of its regular season, the playoff picture is starting to become clearer. This season has definitely been a strange one, defined by unexpected parity, the breakout of several...

Aaron Judge, the Yankees superstar right fielder, was named the captain of Team USA in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. He should recruit more of MLB's best to join him, our columnist writes.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Captain America: Brave New World Baseball Classic

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist April 25, 2025

Chris Evans. Wyatt Russell. Anthony Mackie.  Aaron Judge. These are not just random names — far from it. All of these people have, at some point, been Captain America. The first three are actors....

The U.S. government exempts the MLB from federal antitrust laws, thereby privileging majors leaguers over minor leaguers. (@mlb/Instagram)

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | (Anti)Trust Me, This One Is Not About the Yankees

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist January 30, 2025

I wish I could tell you that writing this column is my only commitment at Georgetown University — that my devotion is to you and you alone. But I would be lying, in part because I’m also one of the...

Juan Soto and Aaron Judge are a generational duo who Eilat Herman (CAS '26) believes the New York Yankees must keep together.

HERMAN | A Letter to My Professor, Who Is Wrong

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist September 7, 2024

It is about time I write about the Yankees’ prodigal right fielder who gets me into arguments with my professor. Juan Soto is a touchy subject in Washington, D.C. After he became a key player during...

Instagram @mlbstorenyc | Major League Baseball (MLB) must prioritize the creation of women's jerseys in an attempt to expand the game's audience.

HERMAN: Games on Saturdays are for the Girls, Too

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist April 12, 2024

The Miami Marlins hired General Manager Kim Ng after the 2020 season, and she became the first female general manager of a major men’s sports team in the United States. Three years later… Giancarlo...

@apnews | The new MLB uniforms have drawn criticism from players and fans, especially due to the see-through pants.

BLUMENFELD | MLB Hopes to Put More Balls in Play With New “Performance Wear” Uniforms

By Eli Blumenfeld, Hoya Sports Columnist March 22, 2024

Nike’s new “Vapor Select” uniforms, which players have donned for the first time this spring training, have recently drawn criticism on social media because of their increased price, their reliance...

Wikimedia Commons | Since New York Yankees' legend Mariano Rivera retired, the team emphasis on having a dominant closer has diminished. Eilat Herman (CAS '26) calls on that to change.

HERMAN | Re-Enter Sandman

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist March 15, 2024

One of the colleges I applied to required me to list a fun fact with my application. I wrote that fewer people have scored an earned run in the playoffs against former New York Yankees closing pitcher...

Baseball Hall of Fame | The disgraced 2017 Houston Astros do not deserve to come anywhere close to the gilded halls of Cooperstown.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD: My Hall of Shame Ballot

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist February 23, 2024

The second the New York Yankees — embarrassingly — were mathematically eliminated from the 2023 playoffs, I circled March 28 on my calendar. That would be the next time I could forget about my to-do...

HERMAN | Do You Believe in Magic?

HERMAN | Do You Believe in Magic?

By Eilat Herman February 6, 2024

There is a certain magic that envelops the game of baseball.  My dad will read this — hi! — and tell me I’m too young to know that. He will claim that baseball has not been truly magical since...

HERMAN | Baseball Fans Just Wanna Have Fun

HERMAN | Baseball Fans Just Wanna Have Fun

By Eilat Herman January 24, 2024

My brain is wired for watching baseball. I can sit still for three hours, watch nine innings of play and not descend into boredom.  And I do mean “sit still.” If I freeze in a certain way, and...

A's at Orioles 8/22/17

HERMAN | On the Oakland Apathetics

By Eilat Herman January 19, 2024

I was born in 2004, eight months before the Boston Red Sox did the unthinkable. After falling behind 3-0 in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series (ALCS) against my beloved New York Yankees,...

BLUMENFELD | Did The Braves Oversleep for Class?

By Eli Blumenfeld October 24, 2023

During game four of the highly contentious Braves-Phillies National League Division Series, I received a WhatsApp message from my dad (I make him use WhatsApp because he has a Google Pixel and I can’t...

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