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February 23, 2025
MOST INTERESTING NON-ROSTER INVITEES AT SPRING TRAINING

By Aniruddh Nambudiri Photo by Wally Gobetz, retrieved from Openverse.org Spring Training is basically fake baseball. Think about it, it means nothing. The stars do not want to play it, especially when they sometimes run an actually prestigious tournament during …

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January 23, 2025
Reckoning with Bob Uecker’s Final Game

By Vince Hesprich “Bob Uecker” by Steve Paluch is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. For many non-sports fans, it is difficult to understand the appeal of professional baseball. As a die-hard fan of the sport, is even more difficult to …

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October 11, 2023
After Further Review / Episode 10: Caleb Williams Sweepstakes, MLB Playoffs, NFL Week 5

Alex, Vince and guest hosts Cian and Josh debate Caleb Williams’ future and break down the Brewers’ playoff letdown. The crew also discusses Green Bay’s week 5 performance and some potential surprise playoff teams.

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June 20, 2023
After Further Review / Episode 2: NBA Off-season and a Look Back at the Craziest Moments in Sports

Alex Schuster and Vince Hesprich dive into the Bradley Beal trade and outline a surprising turnaround from a member of the Brewers. The two also provide an out-of-control look back at some of sport’s craziest moments.

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November 14, 2019
Award Season: Pete Alonso and Yordan Alvarez win MLB Rookie of the Year

By Zack Cherney The 2019 MLB season has officially come to a close, but there are plenty of memorable moments from the final season of this decade to relive. There were plenty of historic moments, especially for the rookies, from …

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September 28, 2018
Christian Yelich’s Case For MVP

Author: Matthew Budkofsky   The NL MVP award has been a revolving door of household names recently with sluggers like Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton and Kris Bryant taking home the last three. This year has been a much different story. …

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April 25, 2018
Minor League Baseball Salaries; An Interview with Brewers Prospect Jonathan Perrin

Some minor league baseball players are paid less than $7,000 per year playing baseball.  Over the weekend, WSUM Sports Director Jacob Swanson spoke to Brewers Double-A prospect Jonathan Perrin about the topic. JS: Just describe what the minor league life …

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October 24, 2017
2017 World Series Preview

Author: Dan Labosky It’s the Sports Illustrated cover jinx World Series. This season, SI came out with a cover with two Dodgers players with the headline: “Best Team Ever?” In 2014, SI’s own Ben Reiter came out with a cover …

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July 25, 2016
The Mendoza Line Episode 7: Trade Deadline + Hall of Fame

This past Sunday, two of the greatest players of the past 30 years entered baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The first to be inducted was Mike Piazza, the greatest slugger for the catching position in baseball history. …

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October 08, 2015
Cubs make playoffs ! =0

A few of our members are cubs enthusiasts so we thought we’d show some love! ;] Congrats Cubbies!

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March 05, 2014
NL Central Spring Training Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

While it is rare to say this about small-market clubs, the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates were certainly America’s Team. After two full decades of futility, a time in which Pittsburgh never once posted a winning record, the Pirates finally managed to …

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February 19, 2014
Keep Waiting; NL Central Spring Training Preview: Chicago Cubs

Cubs President Theo Epstein is probably the only person anticipating 2016 more eagerly than Hillary Clinton. 2016 has been the target date for the Cubs to compete for their elusive third championship ever since Epstein began his rebuilding project on …

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