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With the announcement of the latest location for Major League Baseball’s Mid-summer Classic, a lot of the country’s bigger cities and historic stadiums are openly questioning the commissioner’s decision.  The 2012 All-Star Game will be played in Kansas City, Missouri, home of the one of the league’s most consistent teams.  Year in and year out the Royal’s are among the most predictable teams in baseball, setting the City of Fountains abuzz with a few mid-level acquisitions before tanking to the bottom of the AL Central a few weeks into the season. Read the rest of this entry »

In a Shutter Island-esque turn of events few baseball analysts saw coming, David Ortiz, who spent the first month of the season cooling off the Northeast shore with wild whiffs, has found his stroke as we head towards the Midsummer Classic.   Pundits are now left scratching their heads who is this guy?  Hardly a question one would expect concerning a veteran entering his 14^th year of big league service.   Through April, Red Sox fans and opposing fans alike were calling for Ortiz’s head as he slumped his way to a .143 average with only a solo long ball to boot.  Critics worried his birth certificate is a fake and his old age was catching up to him, citing various other age discrepancies with Dominican born players.  Other naysayers trudged up old Mitchell Report findings and cited harsher PED crackdowns as the root of his poor play.  What a difference a month makes.  Riding a .363 hitting May complemented by 10 homeruns, Big Papi has raised his average to a reasonable though not spectacular .252 with an impressive 12 HR’s on the season. Read the rest of this entry »