Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
After coming off a shortened, yet shaky 1-2 start against the Philadelphia Phillies, the New York Mets started their home season against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field. With the Mets being allowed to hold limited capacity of fans in their stadium, they graciously hosted roughly 8,000 fans on a beautiful day in Queens. After…
After a new Georgia restrictive voting law was recently signed into order by Gov. Brian Kemp, the 2021 MLB All-Star Game was moved from the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park to the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field in Denver. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement to strip the Braves of the event on Friday April 2,…
Amid the voting laws passed in Georgia in March that potentially can restrict voting access for people of color, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the league was moving the game out of Atlanta. Government officials in Colorado and Denver immediately began lobbying MLB for the All-Star Game. It was officially announced the game will be played…
A slow bleed has been happening in Major League Baseball. Since 2012, total yearly attendance has dwindled from 74,859,268 fans to 68,506,896 in 2019. The lost revenue comes at a costly time for many teams, as the average team payroll skyrocketed from $98,336,416 to $133,327,569 in the same time span. Many fans are turning away…
March 11 and March 12, 2020. Those were the days that leagues began shutting down as the coronavirus began to become an issue across the nation. As leagues and teams try to fill the void of the suspension of games with simulated video games or other means of entertainment, nothing can beat a live sporting…
With the nation and world fighting an uphill battle against the deadly COVID-19 outbreak, SNY has created an escape for some Mets fans. As it stands now the MLB season is postponed until further notice, which is why SNY has been live streaming every Mets game that would have happened through MLB The Show simulations….
It’s hard to imagine that baseball can potentially not be played this year as COVID-19 continues to block almost all sporting competitions. America’s pastime faces its biggest test since the 1994-95 MLB strike which led to the cancellation of the season. The virus has led many people to ask themselves: Do we really need baseball?…
Less than a month ago spring training was in full swing as fans and teams alike were getting geared up for a thrilling season of baseball. Then, suddenly, it all came screeching to a halt. As concerns over the spread of COVID-19 grew the nation, and the world, went into a state of lockdown, cancelling…
Think back to the beginning of this year … it’s January 2020. Nobody expected the world to be in the state it’s in now roughly three months later. Yes, sometimes in life, we have to expect the unexpected, but not like this. The world has come to a standstill. Schools have been closed, businesses have…
With Spring Training and the MLB season on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Yankees will have some time to let their oft-injured roster rest and heal. The Yankees off-season began in ideal fashion when they officially welcomed Gerrit Cole in December with one of the most lucrative contracts for a pitcher…