Photo: Sports Illustrated BY: GAVIN WATSON, STAFF WRITER By the time Alex Verdugo swung over a curveball to end the Yankees’ 94-win season, it was obvious New York wasn’t as dominant as they had previously thought. Many things that had plagued the Yankees for years came to plague them in the World Series. The Yankees…
Photo: Yahoo Sports BY: COLIN BISH, SPORTS WRITER As Mike Tyson said, “Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” No, I hope no one gets punched in the face. However, I would not be surprised by such an outcome due to the recent…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR With over six pitchers reportedly throwing over 90 miles per hour this fall, the St. Bonaventure University baseball team has a versatile pitching attack led by 2025 Major League Baseball draft hopeful Michael Salina. Salina, a junior right-handed pitcher in his second season with the Bonnies, clocked…
BY COLIN BISH, STAFF WRITER The 2024 Major League Baseball season has provided sports fans with much discussion during the summer. With the NBA and NHL seasons concluding and the NFL and NCAA football seasons yet to return, MLB remains the only big sports league up and running. And it has been quite the turbulent…
ALEXANDER THOMAS: CONTRIBUTING WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The 2024 MLB season is one to be looking forward to. Players are more talented than ever, and new records are being set every year. One thing holding the MLB back is the new Nike Vapor jerseys manufactured by Fanatics. Players and fans have started to…
ANTHONY DASILVA, STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The MLB season is just around the corner, and after a disappointing 2023 season, many Mets fans aren’t pleased with how new General Manager David Stearns maneuvered his first offseason in Queens. Stearns played his first offseason in New York smart, considering this was a below-average…
BY COLIN BISH, STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Following the Yankees’ offseason acquisitions and recent in-season shortcomings, New York must prove they can make the World Series. I know it’s a tall task; “You know how hard it is to make the World Series?” many will say. But we’re talking about the New…
BY ANDREW KRUSZKA, STAFF WRITER Hello! ESPN! Wake up! You’re missing out on a very good opportunity right now! We understand as viewers it’s March, and we all know what that means in the sports world. March Madness! If you’re looking for an article on that, though, you’re probably not in the right spot. I…
BY JAMES RUMSCHLAG, STAFF WRITER The Major League Baseball, MLB, Lockout is when there is no agreement between the MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred and the MLB Players Association, MLBPA. The lockout began on December 2, 2021, after the current deal had expired on December 1st, and neither side could come to a collective agreement. As…
by Erica Gustafson, Opinion Editor When asked about who is your favorite player on a sports team, how do you answer? Do you use a specific name, do you give them a number? That is the thing about sports. Most people associate sports with the idea of using numbers to explain and talk about specific…
By Andrew Kruszka, Contributing Writer Major League Baseball has looked like a disgrace after this past off-season’s debacle, trying to deal with the Houston Astros cheating scandal. As we all know, the Astros were caught cheating in 2017, the year they won the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The organization was punished by…
By Mike Hogan, Editor in Chief It took a lot of courage to do what former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch did during a Feb. 7 interview with MLB Network’s Tom Verducci. The now former World Series winning manager sat in front of a camera and faced all of the music regarding the sign-stealing fallout,…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor America’s pastime. Baseball has been America’s sport for over 100 years. It is one of the most traditional sports in the world. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is ruining the game by trying to change rules that have been in place for decades. Major League Baseball announced numerous rule changes for…
Thanksgiving is upon us. Another fourth Thursday in November where NFL fans are forced to watch the pathetic Detroit Lions and the underperforming Dallas Cowboys, while stuffing their faces at the idea of Christmas being right around the corner. But before you rush off to Target and are forced to play tug of war over…
“Holy s***,” I thought to myself as I walked through the media entrance at Miller Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. The fact that I was about to cover a Major League Baseball game was scary, exciting and dreamy. What in the hell was Mike Hogan, a 20-year-old journalism major at St. Bonaventure University,…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor This week the baseball world, Cuban community and the United States mourned the death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. He was killed in a boating accident Sunday morning. The Marlins were supposed to play the Atlanta Braves at 1:10 p.m. that day but decided to cancel it. Fernandez was a…
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor New York City is known for many things, but one of its most iconic cultural aspects is baseball. With 32 World Series titles won by New York teams throughout Major League Baseball history, it’s safe to say that the Big Apple is the greatest baseball town in the nation. For…
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor Major League Baseball (MLB) players are filthy rich. How rich? To put it in perspective, the 12 largest sport contracts in history come from MLB players, the highest being this off-season’s signing by the Miami Marlins of Giancarlo Stanton, who will make $325 million over the next 13 years. On…
By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor The 2014 MLB playoffs are taking form, and what better way to celebrate than to speculate? Let’s start with the American League. As of today, with just a little more than ten games to play, the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals and Oakland…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor As the MLB gears up for what looks to be one most exciting postseasons in recent memory, a common theme has appeared among the October-bound teams. Highlighted by teams like the Pirates, Athletics and Dodgers, this year’s playoff teams are made up of young, exciting players that have taken…