Tag: MLB

  • Greatness has Gotten in the Way of Ohtani

    Greatness has Gotten in the Way of Ohtani

    As we enter a new dawn of an era with the likes of Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and others aligning the stars in MLB. One, favorably has always attributed to mind and that is Shohei Ohtani. A 50/50 champ himself is reigning in is in one what is his second season with Los Angeles Dodgers after firstly safely winning the 2024 World Series.

    The scope of it is Ohtani is not stopping and does not intend on stopping but if it were to be said that like many players in most recent past, selfishly cheated? ESPN Sports Reporters were talking highly in-depth on New Year’s Day about the jeopardy that Ohtani might have sustained after the interpreter incident.

    And after turning the page to 2025. There is something to be said to MLB fans globally and commissioner Rob Manfred.

    Ohtani deserves further investigation and possible punishment for how sloppy of a con act this truly is. Why would a cheap interpreter or store clerk for example even want to mess around with Ohtani’s legal team and expose such stupidity.

    Ohtani and his wife announced their first child. Yay! How about announcing to the world anything else such as your pets, uncles, aunts, etc. Ohtani could be a theft but nonetheless is a tremendous baseball player.

  • Welcome Back to Sports Kingdom

    Welcome Back to Sports Kingdom

    Welcome back! Here you will find great content on your favorite topics and much more! Embrace the movement as we are only beginning to countdown to 2025 and that rotten son of a gun, Juan Soto.

    It will be an interesting spring season but in the meantime there is a lot of NBA Crunch on Sports Kingdom and plenty more such as NFL’s debut on Netflix.

    Get ready as the new year has just begun!

  • Breaking: New York Mets Sign Juan Soto

    Breaking: New York Mets Sign Juan Soto

    Soto is a Met. It is official. According to Jon Heyman, the deal is 15 years, $765 million. After an action packed day of NFL football and forgoing the wait of the MLB Winter Meetings down in Dallas, TX, Soto decided to jump the move and sign with the New York Mets.

    It is historic as it marks a record high compared to the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, and others.

    The Mets made a quick turnaround last midway through and who knows what they will be able to accomplish next year in the NL East division but they won and captured the most prized free agent and that was Soto.

  • Will Juan Soto Play the Cliff Lee Card?

    Will Juan Soto Play the Cliff Lee Card?

    Juan Soto has been compared to the great Ted Williams. Soto will however have to decide between a different team.

    Williams played for the Red Sox and he accomplished that for the majority of his career between 1939 and 1960. Days were different then.

    Now much is varying between Steinbrenner, Cohen, Middleton, Johnson ownership group, and cash.

    Cash might define the outcome of where Soto lands but what if it was said in a story, the mega star alongside currently Aaron Judge landed in Philadelphia and joined the Phillies.

    He would play with another MVP in Bryce Harper and have a good time playing in Citizens Bank Park which is 20 years old.

    The former Veterans Stadium is now exterminated and there is no better place to come out to the ball park and watch Soto and a lineup that played very consistent throughout 2024.

    The only problem was their postseason. Their postseason ran out of gas fuel similar to last year when the Phillies blew out their tires on the 2023 NL winning Arizona Diamondbacks.

    Soto came from a sketchy situation west in San Diego and managed to still post great numbers for the New York Yankees and lead them to a World Series in 15 years with a nicer smile than Jersey Mike deli post boy Anthony Volpe who did not prevail from last year’s gold glove to this year.

    Although, Soto needs to know. Cliff Lee was a sparkling legend and rest Doc Roy Halladay but his partner in crime also deserves honors in the baseball Hall of Fame.

    The New York Mets are the big fish, obviously, but there is reason to believe Soto becomes a Philadelphia Phillie for the right reason.

    It is for NBC Sports Philadelphia play-by-play Tom McCarthy to call the action like he has whether it has been Schwarbombs to opposite fields, Harper blowing others stare eyed and Soto gripping the bat like Williams and smacking one to the beginning of deep right field of Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park.

  • Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal Win 2024 CY Young

    Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal Win 2024 CY Young

    Tarik Skubal won unanimously wile Chris Sale happened to win with a marvelous Atlanta Braves comeback season. The Braves took a risk on him with Spencer Strider, Max Fried and company and changed things. Unfortunately, Sale won under the pressure of without Strider and executing over Philadelphia and New York but he accomplished the feat of the CY Young for the flack he receives.

    Skubal, as said on Baseball Waters, was an unknown player interviewed of Foul Territory that turned into record stone numbers with the Detroit Tigers and former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch. They stuck it to the AL Central, the media and played excellent baseball throughout to knuckle in the AL CY Young Award.

  • Hernandez

    Hernandez

    There are multiple Hernandez in baseball. Livan, Orlando, Jose Hernandez who played and represented the name. However, Teoscar Hernandez is coming up on a new contract and all signs point to him staying with the Los Angeles Dodgers but what is there to learn about the captivating Hernandez.

    Well, Teoscar started to play his career in Toronto but then transitioned to Seattle for one short year. He made his way to Los Angeles, hit a .272 average, and became a sensational All-Star. So much so he even starred in the Home Run Derby.

    Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Mookie Betts are the Big Three. Meanwhile, Teoscar owns up to the small money and plays mellow. He is a class act. Unlike, Livan Hernandez, Teoscar smiles back and he usually does.

    Teoscar is rolling through obstacles at age 32 and there is no defying what he does on the baseball diamond as a proud Hernandez. He like many other Hernandez redefine the history books and prove just a minuscule part of success.

    Teoscar is a single representation. What goes is different compared to Livan and Orlando more recently on the mound for example but the tone is free agency.

    Where will Teoscar land? The Dodgers are legitimately a spot but the wheel spins until the cherries do not fall on top any longer. Things could get interesting.

  • No Dodging L.A.

    No Dodging L.A.

    The Los Angeles Dodgers are leading 3-0 in the World Series and they have a lot to feel excited about. They have shut down Mr. MVP Aaron Judge and seen the only success come from Juan Soto and Gian Carlo Stanton.

    The Yankees have been struggling and even from a managerial standpoint, Fox analyst Derek Jeter argued that primed starter Gerrit Cole should have remained in the game longer by Aaron Boone but there has been no dodging Los Angeles.

    During Game 3, Freddie Freeman hit a long shot out to the Judge row for a two-run home run. He has been a huge difference maker as well as Walker Buehler.

    Teams that lead 2-0 are 44-10 in these dire situations so watch out for what happens in Game 4 now as a hobbled Freeman in Game 1 hit a grand slam to even the odds.

  • The Meaning of Topper

    The Meaning of Topper

    What is the meaning of topper? Simply, Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson but what does it also mean to be him?

    Well, nobody has gone exclusively inside the mind of Thomson but for one, he likes to devote all his time and energy to the players.

    What is a topper anyway? But, sounds cool for a coach that has become the winningest manager in Phillies history in three short seasons with a .575 win percentage and there have been many great managers such as Dallas Green, Larry Bowa, and Charlie Manuel.

    Topper is a genius with his cards. He goes to work and now has led Philadelphia to three consecutive postseason appearances. And every time he returns, Thomson comes fierce like a shark but with an iota.

    This year, the Philadelphia Phillies had to get pegged down an iota from the postseason but Thomson, with his contract restored beyond 2025, will indeed have plans to fish in huge.

  • Abe..rr..hm

    Abe..rr..hm

    Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams has been demoted to AAA. Why? Nobody really understands except Abrams was spotted at a Chicago area casino only hours before a day game.

    This is arguably inexcusable when Abrams was a former all=star and presented the team in the fashion he did. GM Mike Rizzo will not disclose what happened to Abrams but demote him and keep things ‘in-house.’

    Losing catches up to any player but for it to spoil Abram’s career is not good. In the second half of this season, he hit 203 with a .586 OPS. He will report to the team’s spring training facility.

  • Outwitt and Be the Judge

    Outwitt and Be the Judge

    Bobby Witt Jr has stormed the baseball universe. Aaron Judge, meanwhile, electrifies it. These two are in a race for AL MVP and there is no misjudging based on Judge’s pathed trail of home runs (51), record-high OPS (1.141), and succinct 9.5 WAR. WAR was exceptionally better in 2022 but also in that year, Judge rose to 55 home runs through that period of September

    OPS is far much better for Judge today but do not be outwitted by Bobby Witt Jr.’s outstanding performances soon become the first Kansas City Royal since George Brett in 1993 to win a batting title. Brett was a sensational hitter that eventually matured into 3,154 career hits lifetime.

    Witt has replicated the same formula by becoming a challenging hitter and working on his all-around craft. This year, he has amounted to 40 doubles, 30 homers, 30 steals, and 10 triples and he is only 24 years old to go along with Gunnar Henderson who is another league of his own.

    The race might feel classy but what this means for Witt can only be judged.