The Atlanta Braves are off and they’re off on a winning note. They’ve won five of their last six, at that. Things are going pretty well lately and hopefully that’ll continue into the weekend — even if it’ll be pretty tough to figure out the Diamondbacks in Arizona. For now, I just hope y’all are … Read more
Believe it or not, but this is only the second off day of the entire year so far. The Royals have played in some unpleasant weather but have yet to be rained out, and with an unusual string of consecutive games so early in the year, they haven’t had another natural off day until now. … Read more
First and foremost, happy Jackie Robinson Day. On this day in 1947, Robinson made his MLB debut and broke baseball’s color barrier. Every April 15, all MLB players and coaches wear 42 in remembrance of the courageous acts of Jackie Robinson. As far as tonight’s contest, all good things must come to an end, as … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1925: The Boston Braves release Stuffy McInnis. He will sign with the Pirates and hit .368 in 59 games while playing in his fifth World Series. 1953: The Braves play their first game since moving to Milwaukee and defeat the Reds, 2-0. 1954: Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the … Read more
Practice Day at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four at Enterprise Center in St. Louis (photo: Jim Rosvold) ST. LOUIS — The crew from USCHO Weekend Review – Ed Trefzger, Jim Connelly and Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley kicked things off in St. Louis on Wednesday, joined by St. Lawrence coach Brent Brekke. … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1939 – Phil Niekro is born in Belmont County, Ohio. He made his major league debut in 1964 with the Milwaukee Braves and won 318 games over a 24-year career before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. 2012 – The Braves acquire infielder Juan Francisco from the Reds in … Read more
For a few hours on April 12, all 775 of Life Time’s pickleball courts nationwide will be bustling with open play for National Pickleball Month. Pickleball is about to go big—really big—on Saturday, April 12, as Life Time hosts the first-ever Agassi Open Play Day, bringing tens of thousands of players together across North America … Read more
The Boston Red Sox began their 2025 season on a high note with a road win over the Texas Rangers, and you will probably never guess who carried the team to victory. With all eyes on Garrett Crochet and Alex Bregman making their regular-season debuts for Boston, it was outfielder Wilyer Abreu who stole the … Read more
After a long offseason wait, it’s finally time: Opening Day 2025. The Cleveland Guardians have traveled to play the Kansas City Royals at beautiful Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder, I imagine. Nobody thought they’d be good last year, and they were. Few people thought they would … Read more
The Washington Nationals Opening Day lineup came out, and I am surprised. There were several interesting things in there and one big shocker. The big shocker is Dylan Crews hitting 8th. This came as a total shock to me for a number of reasons. For one, he has been hitting second all spring and had … Read more