It is a story that has been beaten into the ground not only this season, but for every season that there have been “unworthy” All-Star starters voted in by the fans.  Fans want to moan and complain about the potential of eight Kansas City Royals travelling to Cincinnati for the Mid-Summer Classic as starters.  That… Continue reading A Proposal For Changing The All-Star Game Voting

There has been a lot of hubbub recently about the fact that as many as eight Kansas City Royals could start in baseball’s mid-summer classic in July.  Take assurance that there was no ballot stuffing for this week’s Top of the Heap.  While Omar Infante, the worst hitter in baseball, gets to be an “All-Star”,… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

The Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft began Monday night with the televised first round (with sandwich picks) and second round on the MLB Network.  The event goes over three days with rounds 3-10 yesterday and the final 30 rounds today on conference call.  Of all the drafts in the four major professional sports,… Continue reading New Era Of Shortstops On The Way

June is proving to be just as bountiful in the spectacular plays department as the previous two months have been.  Another week is gone in the Majors, yet there were plenty of game changing moments with both the bat and the glove.  Players are pushing for All-Star nominations, and getting yourself on Top of the… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

“Hitting the panic” button is one of those cliches you hear all too often in the world of sport.  It comes about when a team that had high preseason expectations makes a decision, a hasty one usually, as to whether they are resigned to losing in the current season or if they should infuse some… Continue reading MLB Teams on the Verge of Panic

We turned the page in the calendar yesterday.  It also turned the page on another week of Major League Baseball.  Sadly, there were no triple plays this week.  On the bright side, there were plenty of home runs, robbing of home runs, and diving grabs to go around.  Here are the top five plays that… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

There were tapered expectations for the 2015 New York Mets.  They seemingly have the pitching to propel themselves into the upper echelon of the National League, but the question always lingered as to whether or not the offense could keep up.  The Mets now have a player in their ranks that maybe could just help… Continue reading Thor Is Here To Save The Mets’ Season

Don’t worry folks.  There were no illegal substances used to compile this list of the week’s top plays.  Mammoth home runs, dazzling defense, and heads up baseball are all that was required.  There always seems to be history in the making in the Major Leagues and this week was no different.  Let’s take a stroll… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

Through thirty-five games, the Dodgers’ offense was on a historic pace.  Now nobody in their right minds would compare this current crop of Dodgers to the Yankees of the late ’20s/early ’30s or Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine of the ’70s.  Statistically though, they were on par.  The lineup didn’t have a hole in it.  Every… Continue reading The Dodgers’ Suddenly Icy Bats

This past week was filled with amazing achievements in the Major Leagues.  Corey Kluber struck out 30 batters in two games.  Shelby Miller came within an out of a no-hitter.  Michael Taylor helped further continue the Nationals’ resurgence with a game winning grand slam.  And those DIDN’T make the cut for our top plays!  Let’s… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week