Month: April 2019

Reactions to the 2019 Philadelphia Eagles’ Schedule Release

April 17, 2019
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Only in the National Football League does the release of a team’s schedule send waves across the nation. The Philadelphia Eagles are now a full offseason removed from spending the summer as Super Bowl champions, but a quick look at the 16 games for 2019 shows you that the NFL expects the Eagles to remain amongst the top teams in the league. (Schedule below courtesy of Philadelphia Eagles’ website). There…

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Power Ranking all of Baseball’s $100 Million Contracts

April 14, 2019
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Twenty years ago, Kevin Brown made baseball history when he signed the sport’s first $100 million contract; technically, a seven-year, $105 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now? There have been 85 such deals, the most recent being Ronald Acuna’s eight-year, $100 million extension. For a long time, Alex Rodriguez held the honor of baseball’s loftiest contract at $252 million, and then he one-upped himself with a $275 million…

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Can Mike Trout Become the Greatest Baseball Player Ever?

April 10, 2019
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For close to one hundred years, Babe Ruth has been the standard by which all baseball players are judged. His 714 home runs and .690 slugging percentage are the crowning achievement of his greatness, and he even had a stellar pitching career before transitioning to a full-time hitter. Since then, we’ve called Willie Mays the best all-around player, Ted Williams the best hitter, Barry Bonds the most dominant player over…

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