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For the next few nights, we’re going to try out something new for the night owls in the Purple Row community. We’d like to pose a question here to set the stage for future discussion. So here’s tonight’s topic: Who do you think will play first base for the Colorado Rockies in 2025? We know […]
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Daniel Jones will undergo surgery on his Achilles. While the team has yet to formally confirm the diagnosis, the decision to proceed with surgery effectively confirms that the tendon is torn. Daniel Jones’ season in Indianapolis is officially over, and his future with the Colts just got a lot more […]
Former Houston Astros second baseman Jeff Kent was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by the Hall of Fame by Era committee. The Eras committee is the modern interpretation of the old Veterans Committee. They look at only candidates from a particular era every year and 2025 was the year for modern […]
The Rangers battled back from a disastrous start but a late officiating twist and an OT breakaway doomed them to another painful loss.
Over at Marquee, Bruce Levine runs down the many rumors and storylines for the Chicago Cubs this week at the Winter Meetings. It’s a very comprehensive read, and worth checking out. One thing jumped out at me, not necessarily for the strength of the rumor, but instead for the identity of the player. Because it’s not a guy we’ve really heard attached to the Cubs: “While [Tatsuya] Imai is the jewel of this year’s foreign player class, Japanese third baseman Munetaka Murakami is a pow...
Jeff Kent was the lone player selected on the Contemporary Era ballot for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame next summer. Kent is the all-time leader in home runs by a second baseman with 377, and was a five-time All-Star and 2000 National League MVP. He won MVP that year, hitting behind Barry Bonds, […]
We’ve seen this before. The Los Angeles Rams (10-3) had their way with the Tampa Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football two weeks ago. In Week 14, the Rams latest victim was the Arizona Cardinals. After allowing an opening touchdown drive to their NFC West competition, the Rams proceeded to outscore the Cardinals 45-3. Yes, you […]
No second baseman hit more home runs than Jeff Kent and he’ll now take his place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame according to the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has shared the news tonight that Jeff Kent will be enshrined as part of the class of 2026. He […]
The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee met on Sunday at the winter meetings in Orlando, trying to decide which players from an eight-person ballot would be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Only one —Jeff Kent — will be inducted in Cooperstown in July 2026, while Fernando Valenzuela and others fell short. Kent received […]
The Los Angeles Rams were on their heels early after the Arizona Cardinals marched down the field and Jacoby Brissett hit Michael Wilson for a quick opening score. It brought back memories of last week’s road upset where LA came up short to the Carolina Panthers. Instead, the Rams leaned heavily on both Blake Corum […]
Jeff Kent, longtime second baseman who played for six teams but had his best years with the San Francisco Giants, has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee. Kent received votes from 14 of the 16 committee members, two more than the amount necessary to be elected. Carlos Delgado […]
Former Mets second baseman Jeff Kent has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee. Kent, who spent five years calling Shea Stadium home, was the only player to secure the 12 votes needed to gain entry into Cooperstown. He ended up with 14 votes from the 16-person […]
On Sunday night, the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee unveiled the voting results of this year’s ballot: longtime slugging second baseman Jeff Kent has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Eras Committee was created to give another chance at enshrinement to players who have fallen off the standard BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, […]
The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee revealed its Hall of Fame vote, and, among the eight candidates on this year’s ballot, just one received the requisite votes to head to Cooperstown: long-time second baseman Jeff Kent. Kent, a career .290/.356/.500/123 wRC+ hitter who played strong defense and was worth 56.0 WAR, was for years one of those “Hall of Very Good” guys who seemed just shy of the truly elite. He played for long enough to accumulate a healthy resume of counting stats, but ...
Voting results for the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee’s ballot were announced on Sunday evening, as Jeff Kent was the lone player selected, receiving 14 of 16 votes (87.5%) cast by the committee. This year’s ballot consisted of players whose primary contributions to the game came since 1980, and candidates needed to receive 75% of […]
On Sunday evening in Orlando Florida, the Baseball Hall of Fame revealed the results of the 2025 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee’s ballot to see who would get a trip through this particular method. Of the eight players who were eligible to make it in, Dale Murphy was on the ballot. Granted, Murphy was a long […]
The Arizona Cardinals tank is on. They scored on the opening drive, then proceeded to trail by as much as 35-points in the game after leading by 7-3 with five minutes to go in the first quarter. After that, they were able to get it tied 10-10, but then the floodgates opened and the Los […]
The Cleveland Browns need to play the Tennessee Titans, New York Football Giants, Miami Dolphins, and Las Vegas Raiders every game. Even then, we’ve seen that wins don’t always come (see: Week 9 and Week 14). RELATED: BROWNS TITANS FINAL SCORE Unfortunately, unlike college football, NFL clubs don’t make their own schedule. And mixed into […]
The Los Angeles Rams handed the Arizona Cardinals a loss in Week 14 of the NFL season with a final score of 45-17. The Cardinals started the game with a 7-0 lead, but it was the Rams who ended up being the more overwhelming of the two teams. L.A. won this game in all phases […]
News. Rumors. It’s all in here. Today’s off-season Crawfish Boil for 12/7/25 Harry Ford is the #42 prospect in all MLB and is now the #2 prospect in the Nationals system. Isaac Lyon was a 10th round pick of the Mariners last season, and has only thrown 12.1 IP of professional baseball. Ferrer was 4-4, […]
The Winter Meetings have (un-)officially gotten started, as all of baseball’s higher-ups and luminaries have descended upon Orlando, Florida for a week of getting some offseason business done. While we’re all looking forward to fireworks, Alex Anthopoulos is simply trying to get a job done — even if it means starting it at the Winter […]
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Give a sport a Sunday selection process and there’s sure to be controversy. Leave all the arguments and chaos makers in their national pulpits with their Miami and Notre Dame commentaries and hot takes, because we have post season MACtion to discuss. And where there’s a game, there’s a line. And where there’s a line, […]
Ahead of the 2025 Winter Meetings, Alex Anthopoulos spoke with the media and provided a positive update on Atlanta Braves pitcher Grant Holmes. Anthopoulos told reporters, including David O’Brien of the Athletic, that the organization is treating Holmes as a healthy pitcher after his 2025 season was cut-short due to an elbow injury. Holmes opted […]
Behold, what artful creature gambols across yon prairie? ‘Tis the ever graceful Denzelope bounding joyfully in its habitat! Whatever Denzel Clarke does, he certainly does it to the hilt. Defensively he debuted taking the league by storm and putting up pro-rated numbers that would have broken DRS. At the plate he started his career by […]