It’s the end of the MLB awards season and the recipients have been more than deserving of their awards. Find out who won or should win the Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award, and MVP in each league. Plus, the Phillies are making a lot of moves to ensure that [...]
This week’s show is a recap of the unpredictable 2011 World Series between the Cardinals and the Rangers. Unlikely sources of pitching and offense made this Fall Classic one of the most unforgettable ones in recent history. Plus, it’s the start of the offseason, and there have already been many managerial changes, upper-management changes, trades, [...]
In this week’s episode, we talk about the 2011 MLB season as a whole, discussing the dominance of Justin Verlander, possible American League MVP candidates, as well as the race that’s heating up in the AL East.
This week, we recounted the exciting final series of the 2011 regular season. The Rays, Red Sox, Cardinals, and Braves were all fighting for their playoff lives; who clinched the Wild Card spot in their leagues? Plus, October baseball is underway, and each series has gotten off to a great start as the eight playoff [...]
This week, we talk about the surprising turn of events in the 2011 postseason, discuss the upcoming World Series between the Cardinals and the Rangers, and evaluate the state of the Boston Red Sox as they turn toward the 2012 season.
Bartman Curse–The legacy of Steve Bartman lives on, in a negative way, pictured here trying to catch a foul ball in play in game six of the 2003 National League Championship Series. (Photo by AP) Baseball is a very superstitious sport. Whether it’s a curse that trading the Great Bambino to the Yankees in 1918 [...]
Episode 2 of the 5th season of the Heat Check aired on the first of March. Tune into some NFL off-season rumors by resident NFL expert Isaac. How about some spring training baseball? We got your Mets and Yankees update here. Should the Mets really bat Jose Reyes third? Finally listen to an in depth [...]
After two weeks off, Jake Mastbaum and Ryan Engler are back in action with the latest episode of “The Heat Check”. The two start off with their opening Heat Checks by discussing the heroics of Alex Rodriguez and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s blunder on celebrity jeopardy. Listen to a detailed discussion of Week 6 of the NFL, as Jake [...]
In the sports world, spring break generally means March Madness. Everyone, it seems, including President Barack Obama, is following the NCAA college basketball tournament. These games dominate television during March, with about a 24-hour a day coverage on ESPN networks. Unfortunately, it seems like everyone is forgetting the World Baseball Classic. In its second year, [...]
[video http://storage.slopemedia.org/content/media/video_content/293.flv The Weekly Cowbell - ILR Grad & MLB VP, Rob Manfred Presentation] Major League Baseball’s Vice President of Labor Relations and ILR Grad, Rob Manfred came to Cornell to talk to the ILR Sports Management Club. Slope TV was there. Check out selections about steroids from his talk right here.