Tag: Mark McGwire

Decision on Athletics’ Move To Las Vegas Expected This Month

  The Oakland Athletics have made their desire to move to Las Vegas well-known. Major League Baseball’s owners have to vote on the move for it to be approved, and that vote may take place at an owners’ meeting set for mid-June in New York. Before that vote can occur, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal by Lindsay Adler, the state of Nevada has to approve a...

MMO Exclusive: Former Mets Pitcher, Steve Trachsel

Steve Trachsel might not have been the hardest-throwing pitcher or one with the best stuff on a staff, but the sixteen-year right-hander made up for it with his ability to take the ball every fifth day and provide consistency. From 1996 through the 2004 season, Trachsel made 290 starts, which was tied with Brad Radke for the fourth-most in baseball. Trachsel’s 1,775 1/3 innings pitched was...

Reliving the 2000 Mets: Who Let the Mets Out?

Cue the Baha Men. The Mets embraced this one-hit wonder musical group’s top track during the postseason, as most of the country did in the summer. They even allowed them to alter “Who Let the Dogs Out?” with a Mets theme. And speaking of things that were confined to the year 2000, Mike Hampton in New York had already been considered a success by the time October arrived. He was...

How Alonso Stacks Up Against The Best Rookie Seasons

Pete Alons0 took Major League Baseball by storm in 2019, smashing 53 home runs and setting a new rookie record. The rest of his numbers were impressive as well, and if it weren’t for some guys names Yelich or Bellinger, Alonso could have garnered some serious MVP consideration. Despite the massive power numbers Alonso put up in his impressive rookie campaign, it might surprise you that...

MMO Exclusive: Former Backup Catcher, Anthony Recker

Since he was young, Anthony Recker’s parents instilled a strong work ethic in him, repeatedly telling him that with hard work good things will transpire. Playing multiple sports during his youth, Recker dreamed of making it professionally in baseball. While growing up in Pennsylvania, Recker fondly recalls watching his beloved Oakland A’s, having switched alliances from his hometown...

MMO Exclusive: Former Pitcher and Current Mental Skills Coach, Bob Tewksbury

As all 30 Major League Baseball teams continue to seek an edge in the sport, hoping to identify any and all resources to improve their team’s chances of winning, an avenue where there has been further acceptance is on the mental side. Mental skills coaches are employed by 27 of the 30 major league clubs to open the 2018 season, a record for the sport. For decades, players who would seek...

Bellinger, Judge Earn Rookie of the Year Titles

For the fourth time in MLB history, both the National League and American League Rookie of the Year votes were unanimously decided. Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge won the titles in their respective leagues as the results were announced Monday night. Bellinger, 22, hit .267/.352/.581 with 39 home runs (a National League rookie record) with 97 RBIs, 10 stolen bases, a 4.0 fWAR and 138 wRC+. Only...

What Bartolo Colon’s First All-Star Team Looked Like

Terry Collins announced on Friday that Bartolo Colon will be named to the NL All-Star Team. This makes the former Cleveland Indian and Montreal Expo this year’s oldest All-Star, and will surely be one of the most talked about players in San Diego. This is the first time that Colon has made a NL All-Star team and the fourth time overall he’s made the Midsummer Classic. His first nod...

Sandy Has No Recollection Of La Russa’s Steroid Concerns… None, Zero, Nada…

Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson said Monday that if Tony La Russa came to him with suspicions about performance enhancing drug use when the two were with the Oakland A’s organization, he doesn’t remember it. “I spent a lot of time thinking about those kinds of circumstances over the years, particularly eight or nine years ago, and I have absolutely no recollection...

MMO Review: Ken Burns’ The Tenth Inning

Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby was once asked what he does all winter. The great 2Bman replied, “I stare out the window and wait for spring.” I am just like Hornsby. No, I don’t have a career 358 BA but I do the same. Unlike most of you, I don’t follow other sports. One tradition I have is viewing Ken Burns’ Baseball to help me survive the endlessly boring winters. A few years back I purchased the...

MMO Fan Shot: How About A 211 Game Suspension For Bud Selig?

An MMO Fan Shot by Steven Pacchiano Selig is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, he’s been at the helm since 1992. His reign began at in the steroid era, and that was his bad luck. He had the opportunity to protect the game at the time but chose the wrong path. He turned a blind eye to it when it served his needs and reaped all the rewards after the strike. Guys like...

A Little Advice for A-Rod

Alex Rodriguez Plans To Appeal Arbitrator’s Decision A-Rod, I have a little bit of unsolicited advice. Just say, “My bad.” You see, the American public is very forgiving. Fess up, take your medicine, and we’ll eventually come back around. Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it – so what have we learned from history? Jason Giambi said “My...

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