Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
A popular saying in the baseball community is “chicks dig the long ball”. It is just a saying but man if it was literal, those “chicks” must be ecstatic about the new home run storm that has struck the MLB. The number of home runs that are being hit nowadays is at an all-time high…
Whether it’s hitting fade-away game winners to win a playoff series or winning back-to-back titles to end a 40-year drought of postseason success, basketball players are steadily gaining notoriety as they come closer to reaping the fruits of labor that baseball players have. No salary-cap, more specifically a luxury tax for those that go over…
When an athlete suffers an injury, many only think of the physical toll it takes on their body. However, it is often forgotten that injuries also have an affect mentally. One of the most essential things to understand about an injured athlete is that they have several emotional responses to realizing they will not be…
Coming in to the 2018 MLB season, all eyes were on the New York Yankees in anticipation of the new power-hitting tandem of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. However, it looks like the real power in the AL East is coming from the Yankees’ eternal rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Outfielders Mookie Betts and J.D….
“Rebuild” is a word commonly used in sports. It signifies the start of the end for a team. A franchise arrives at a point where it does not make sense to go forward with their current team, so they “tear it down” only to attempt to build it back into a contender. Unfortunately for some…
The Nationals enter Thursday with a 15-16 record in the midst of their hottest play of the season on a 4-game winning streak. However, that just makes them 5-5 in their last 10 games. What is going wrong with this team that won 97 games last season and only improved over the off-season? Their starting…
Looking forward to the 2018-2019 free agent market, current Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson will be an interesting player to watch to see how much his next contract will be worth. by Elsa/Getty Images It seems that every day Donaldson’s market value decreases. He is currently on the Disabled List with a shoulder…
Before last week, the last time a pitcher won a game in the MLB then followed it up with a game in which he hit a home run was 1921. That pitchers name was Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players of all time. Shohei Ohtani continues to dominate in his entry into…
With so much talk about how to speed up the game and make it more appealing to a younger generation, perhaps the solution to making baseball more fun lies within the players and not the rules. Sure, limiting mound visits and setting a pitch clock help to move the game along for an ever-depleting public attention span….
On Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies announced that they have extended one of their star players, center fielder Charlie Blackmon. This deal will assure Blackmon $108 million spanning the next 6 seasons. This includes their already agreed upon 1 year deal worth $14 million for the current 2018 season as that agreement has not been reneged….