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We have officially moved through the 3rd Quarter of the 2025 MLB season, and ALOT has happened, call-ups, debuts, organizational overhaul, the MLB draft, the trade deadline and more all came. We're going to get into all of that. For starters, here's the Team Report through 121 Games. Basics The Pirates have maintained control of 1st place in the NL Central, with the Cardinals taking first here and there for a few days. The Cubs have been playing better baseball and are withi

I apologize for getting this out a day late. I was in a bit of funk yesterday after the passing of Ryne Sandberg. So it goes without...

New week new thoughts. It's been a week and me asking if the Brewers will ever lose remains consistent, especially since THEY HAVE NOT...

So before I dig in, a little background. My father was born in Latrobe, PA. A little town about an hour Southeast of Pittsburgh. So naturally he grew up being a Steelers and Pirates fan. He would tell me stories of Roberto Clemente, a man, in his eyes, the best to ever play the game. And it would be crazy to argue that AT LEAST he was one of the best to ever do it. .317/.359/.475/.834, 3000 hits, 240 HR and 1305 RBI, and a whooping 94.9 career WAR. And that's not even touchi

Updated: 08/17/2026 I will sometimes get questions both what my process is when it comes to grading, and how I determine what to grade a specific play (Good, Bad, Poor, Etc.) I'm putting all that info here so public eyes can see and better understand my process. The Grading Process I actually have a Tweet covering this with a video, please see below! How Do I Grade These Plays? Well, a lot goes into that. Basic Guidelines: Try to be as “fairly” unforgiving as possible, when i

Half way through July already? Not that I'm fully complaining as I'm not a huge fan of Summer, especially down in Texas but I wouldn't...

Happy Tuesday folks, I hope the week is off to a great start. Welcome to my first installment of "10 Things That Turn My Cogs", a weekly...

I think I've said a few times that I was going to post Justin Fields review from the 2023 season. With all that's going on and the new...

**This article was edited 8/1/25 due to a parentheses error causing incorrect calculations.** **Edited once more to correct grammatical errors 3/5/26.** Nine months ago, Secret Base released a video titled " Correcting the NFL’s passer rating lie " which takes a wonderfully deep dive into how limiting the NFL Passer Rating truly is when it comes to accurately representing how well, or how poorly, a quarterback actually played. Its rigid constraints on maximum (158.3) and min

Firstly, and most importantly, thank you for stopping by and taking a moment to indulge me in my ramblings. Whether you’re a regular...