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PARK: Tebow Continually Makes Questionable Career Choices

PARK: Tebow Continually Makes Questionable Career Choices

By Tyler Park August 16, 2016

Tim Tebow cannot get enough of the spotlight. After a standout football career at the University of Florida, the Denver Broncos drafted the quarterback in the first round. Buoyed by his unique style...

PARK: MLB Trade Deadline Recap

PARK: MLB Trade Deadline Recap

By Tyler Park August 2, 2016

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is often a chaotic event. Potential playoff teams scramble to add reinforcements to drive their postseason push. Teams that have fallen out of the race seek to...

PARK: Lack of Star Power Has Sullied Baseball's Popularity

PARK: Lack of Star Power Has Sullied Baseball’s Popularity

By Tyler Park July 19, 2016

In a continuation of an alarming trend, the MLB All-Star Game’s television ratings declined in this year’s game. This decline in ratings comes in spite of MLB’s ill-advised to make the All-Star Game...

RAMLOW: Baseball Fans Stay Strong Despite Revenue Drop

RAMLOW: Baseball Fans Stay Strong Despite Revenue Drop

By Hugh Ramlow July 12, 2016

Baseball. There is something in that word that — for many Americans — evokes memories of Little League games and perhaps the first trip to a big league game. It is the children’s game, the national...

PARK: MLB All-Star Game Needs Changes

PARK: MLB All-Star Game Needs Changes

By Tyler Park July 5, 2016

In my opinion, the MLB All-Star Game is by far the best all-star game in American professional sports. The NFL Pro Bowl is an unmitigated disaster. The NBA All-Star Game is a glorified dunk contest —...

PARK: Ichiro's Achievements Stand Out Despite Controversy

PARK: Ichiro’s Achievements Stand Out Despite Controversy

By Tyler Park June 21, 2016

Baseball fans are obsessed with records. Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played and Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts are just a few of the magic numbers...

RAMLOW: Fans Should Not Overreact to Early Stats

RAMLOW: Fans Should Not Overreact to Early Stats

By Hugh Ramlow April 26, 2016

Having been underway for three weeks now, a lot has happened in the 2016 Major League Baseball season, and it has been difficult to sort out team strengths. So what can we take away from the national pastime...

RAAB: Nationals Poised for Strong Season

RAAB: Nationals Poised for Strong Season

By Matt Raab January 29, 2016

While the season is still a ways off, during a cold, aggressively wintry week such as this, my thoughts couldn’t help but wander to baseball. In less than a month, beginning Feb. 18, pitchers and catchers...

BARTON: Hall of Fame Voters Should Focus on Stats Over PEDs

BARTON: Hall of Fame Voters Should Focus on Stats Over PEDs

By Nick Barton December 8, 2015

A little more than a year before his 756th homerun, I watched Barry Bonds play a game in Philadelphia. The fans booed and jeered, throwing syringes at him as he took his place in left field. All that changed...

RAMLOW: World Series Highlights Meaning of Baseball

RAMLOW: World Series Highlights Meaning of Baseball

By Hugh Ramlow October 27, 2015

A few weeks ago, a dozen of my friends and I took the Orange line from Rosslyn to Stadium-Armory to watch the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies. It was a perfect evening for a ballgame....

COMMENTARY: Mets, Royals, Bring Pride to Their Cities

By Darius Iraj and Sam Abrams October 27, 2015

Mets Overcome Years of Struggle The team has finally taken the top spot in the city from the Yankees As college students, we have been told for years that all the trials and sacrifices made for our...

RAMLOW: AL Playoffs Show Importance of Ace Pitcher

RAMLOW: AL Playoffs Show Importance of Ace Pitcher

By Hugh Ramlow October 13, 2015

Come October, there is nothing more valuable to a Major League Baseball team than having an ace-level starting pitcher on your staff. Of the four general managers with teams still in the American League...

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