Author: Connor Loughlin (Medill ’20)   Few players in Major League Baseball have experienced both the extreme highs and lows of being a professional athlete like Kyle Schwarber has in merely three and a half…

Author: Jacob Mandel (Weinberg ’21)   As the number one prospect in the Cubs farm system for a long time, there was no question that Javier Baez was going to be an exciting talent. But…

Authors: Jacobs Rogers (McCormick ’22) and Mark Overby (Weinberg ’22)   The 2018 Postseason for Major League Baseball went pretty much as expected. The best team, with the most wins, the best offense, and the…

Author: Connor Loughlin (Medill ’20) About a quarter of the way through the 2018 MLB Regular Season we have seen some pretty pleasant surprises from big name players who saw their share of struggles in 2017….

Author: Peter Lim (Weinberg ’21) Shohei Ohtani (23, Los Angeles Angels) is definitely one of the biggest stories of the MLB thus far in 2018. Every time he is on the mound, he is featured…

Authors: Jake Atlas (McCormick ’19), Walker Reinfeld (Weinberg ’20), Joey Reinsdorf (Weinberg ’19) In the age of technology, the presence of human umpires in baseball is becoming increasingly disputed. Major League Baseball (MLB) is already using…

Author: Peter Lim (Weinberg ’21) In the past two years, the MLB has become a home run league. In 2017, major league hitters hit a total of 6105 home runs, a single season record. 5610…

Author: Connor Loughlin (Medill ’20) We’ve hit late January, only a couple of weeks until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in Arizona and Florida, and the top three starting pitchers in this year’s…

Author: Patrick Kelley (McCormick ’19) The Temperature The 2017 MLB season is only a week away, and the reigning champs – Chicago Cubs – are projected to run through the NL Central again. Their home,…