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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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Mariano Rivera (right) is MLB‘s all-time leader with 652 saves. Rivera, pictured with College of New Rochelle President Judith Huntington, recently bought a church in the New York town.

Q&A: Rivera Discusses Faith

By Robert DePaolo and Carolyn Maguire October 6, 2015

As the 2015 MLB postseason begins tonight with the American League Wild Card game, the Yankees will be looking to defeat the Astros in their first postseason game since 2012. The team is much different...

MCLAUGHLIN: Selfie Incident Shows Shrinking Attention Span

MCLAUGHLIN: Selfie Incident Shows Shrinking Attention Span

By Jimmy McLaughlin October 6, 2015

For those of you who follow a sports news outlet on social media, it was nearly impossible to miss the viral video of a group of Arizona State University sorority girls at an Arizona Diamondbacks game...

IPPOLITO: Papelbon Exemplifies Nationals Disappointing Season

IPPOLITO: Papelbon Exemplifies Nationals’ Disappointing Season

By Michael Ippolito October 2, 2015

Most people, if not everyone, appreciate a good joke. In sports, humor is often abundant and much of it is in good nature without a true victim. Then, there is the ironic humor that unfolded Sunday at...

BARTON: A-Rod’s Legacy Tainted by Steroids

BARTON: A-Rod’s Legacy Tainted by Steroids

By Nick Barton September 21, 2015

Barring a cataclysmic collapse, the New York Yankees will advance to the postseason for the first time since 2012. Embattled slugger Alex Rodriguez has been a major contributor to the Yankees’ success....

RAMLOW: Playoffs Still Within Reach for Yankees

RAMLOW: Playoffs Still Within Reach for Yankees

By Hugh Ramlow September 15, 2015

The New York Yankees are locked in a tight battle with the Toronto Blue Jays for the American League East. Currently, they trail Toronto by 3 1/2 games in the East and are up three games in the AL Wild...

IPPOLITO: NFL Must Improve Benefits for Players

IPPOLITO: NFL Must Improve Benefits for Players

By Michael Ippolito September 11, 2015

As another Labor Day passes, another football season begins and another MLB playoff race takes shape, the stark labor disparities in sports should be worth noting. All four of the major sports can see...

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