1. 5 Reasons That Baseball's Popularity Is Reaching All-Time Heights

    Baseball is America's pastime, and fans cannot wait to get out to the ballpark to go and see games. Many teams have seen their attendance numbers increase over the past few seasons...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,584 reads 5 comments

  2. 7 Current MLB Players Who Will Be Broadcasters or on ESPN Someday

    Major League Baseball players certainly know a lot about the game that they play, and many of them are qualified to have a career in the game once they retire from playing...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,917 reads 12 comments

  3. Odds of All 30 MLB Teams' Biggest Star Making the Hall of Fame

    There have been a number of outstanding players in baseball, but only 297 individuals have been chosen to be immortalized in the halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 2,150 reads 19 comments

  4. MLB Trade Deadline: The 20 Best Midseason Acquisitions in MLB History

    As the calendar creeps closer and closer to July 31, MLB teams will need to have a better idea of what their approach will be at the MLB trade deadline. Buyers and sellers will emerge, and big names could end up on the market...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 3,933 reads 8 comments

  5. Tampa Bay Rays' "Fake" Throwbacks and MLB's 5 Ugliest Novelty Uniforms

    Throwback uniforms are normally a very fitting tribute to a team's history. For some of baseball's younger teams, they don't have a long line of history to recall. These teams normally wait a while until breaking out throwback uniforms...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 10,955 reads 9 comments

  6. MLB Trade Speculation: Should Phillies Deal Cliff Lee, Sign Hamels Long Term?

    With the Philadelphia Phillies looking up at the rest of the National League East in the standings, they may make the decision to be sellers at the trade deadline this year...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 3,564 reads 15 comments

  7. 10 Most Memorable Player-Umpire Confrontations in Baseball History

    For the most part, baseball players and umpires are able to get along. While the players may not agree with every call, they generally react in a respectable manner. However, there are times when players blow up after calls...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,634 reads 1 comments

  8. Bobby and Barry Bonds and MLB's 10 Greatest Father-Son Combos of All Time

    Almost every boy can think back to a time when he was young and played catch with his father in the yard or at the local baseball field. For many children, this helped spark an interest in baseball...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 10,665 reads 26 comments

  9. MLB Free Agency: Every Team's Soon-to-Be FA They Can't Fit Under the Budget

    It is inevitable that MLB teams will eventually lose some of the players on their roster to free agency because they are not willing to pay players what another team is offering...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 2,224 reads 8 comments

  10. MLB Free Agency: 5 Teams Ben Sheets Could Help in Pennant Races

    Ben Sheets has played in just 20 games since the 2008 season, but that does not mean he is ready to give up on pitching in the big leagues. Tim Dierkes , of MLB Trade Rumors, has reported that Sheets has begun to make a comeback...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,225 reads 2 comments

  11. MLB Trade Rumors: Ranking Odds of Ryan Dempster Landing with Each Top Suitor

    Could Ryan Dempster actually be the best player traded prior to the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline ? According to David Schoenfield of ESPN.com, that may be the case...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,101 reads 5 comments

  12. Can Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper Lead Nationals to the World Series in 2012?

    Just as recently as 2009, the Washington Nationals were the laughingstock of the National League when they won just 59 games and finished with the worst record in all of baseball...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,568 reads 10 comments

  13. MLB Power Rankings: Re-Ranking All 30 MLB Farm Systems Post-Draft

    A lot has changed since preseason prospect lists were released. A number of top prospects such as Mike Trout and Bryce Harper have been called up to the majors. Other talented prospects have struggled...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 154,397 reads 190 comments

  14. 2012 MLB Draft: Top 5 MLB Farm Systems at Developing Talent

    Now that the 2012 MLB draft is done, the teams will focus on trying to sign their picks. Once they are signed, they will become members of their respective team's farm system...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 11 months ago 1,638 reads 4 comments

  15. 2012 MLB Draft Results: Biggest Winners and Losers of Complete MLB Draft

    Like most drafts, the 2012 MLB draft was full of surprises. It will take a while for many of the players to reach the majors and for the draft to be effectively fully evaluated, but we can crown the early winners and losers based on where players went..

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 38,625 reads 46 comments

  16. MLB Trade Scenarios: Updating Every MLB Team's Biggest 'Sell High' Prospect

    With the MLB trade deadline two months away, scouts are starting to report to teams about potential trade candidates they should be looking into. Some of these players could be prospects that another team is looking to sell high on...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 2,161 reads 0 comments

  17. 2013 MLB Mock Draft: Early Predictions for Next Year's Top 10 Picks

    With the 2012 MLB Draft in the books, it is now time to start looking forward to the 2013 MLB Draft. Like this year's draft, there is no one superstar who truly stands out, but there ...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 16,827 reads 0 comments

  18. MLB Trade Rumors: Hunter Pence, Kevin Youkilis and 5 Hottest Bats Available

    Prior to the 2011 trade deadline, a number of big names were on the move. That should be the case once again this year. The trade winds have begun to pick up and more and more rumors have been flying around...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 2,605 reads 3 comments

  19. Johan Santana's No-Hitter and 4 More Top Moments in Mets History

    It has finally happened. It took 8,020 games, but the New York Mets finally have a no-hitter to their name. The New York Mets have made history twice against the St. Louis Cardinals ...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 6,977 reads 19 comments

  20. Matt Kemp, Roy Halladay and 7 Superstars Who Will Never Be the Same in 2012

    It seems that every year there are at least a few players that struggle to stay healthy throughout the season, and it really impacts their performance. This season, there looks to be a number of players that are in for a tough year...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 1,905 reads 4 comments

  21. Updating Every MLB Team's Top Trade Chip Entering June

    The MLB trade deadline is slowly creeping closer and closer and it will eventually come time when teams will need to make the decision in regards to whether they are a buyer or a seller...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 10,605 reads 11 comments

  22. MLB Trade Rumors: Trade Market Whispers You Should NOT Believe

    It is getting to the point of the year where MLB trade rumors are starting to pick up and more and more players are getting mentioned as possible trade candidates...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 4,229 reads 8 comments

  23. 4 Reasons Manny Ramirez's Return Is Actually Good for Baseball

    Even though Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension will be over soon, he will not immediately join the Oakland Athletics . He will stay at Triple-A Sacramento until the Athletics are ready to call him up...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 468 reads 1 comments

  24. 2012 MLB Draft: Identifying Every MLB Team's Biggest First-Round Need

    The MLB draft is a bit different from the drafts held in the other major sports in that the teams don't often pick a player at a position of need...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 13,793 reads 33 comments

  25. MLB Trade Scenarios: Top 30 Hitters Who Could Move at the Deadline

    With more than a quarter of the 2012 MLB season complete, teams are beginning to separate themselves from each other, and a picture is starting to appear about what teams have a ...

    Robert Knapel Written by Robert Knapel about 12 months ago 7,577 reads 15 comments