Welcome to the May 2019 edition of the MLB Power Rankings, Nation! With baseball season in full swing, and more to come, let’s take a peek at how the season…
Author: Joel Barnhart
A big-time baseball nerd, Joel is currently teaching English as a Second Language in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to his MLB passion, he enjoys good whiskey, good music, good movies, and good friends. He is currently engaged in an ongoing 12-year online debate over the merits of bubble wrap.
2019 MLB Season Preview
Hello and WELCOME BACK to Major League Baseball coverage here at Place to Be Nation! Yes, after taking 2018 “off” to essentially turn myself into Fat Mac, it’s time to…
2018 World Series Preview, or Once In a Lifetime (for real this time!)
After months of ups and downs, highs and lows, cheers and boos for your favorite (or not-so-favorite) teams, the 2018 Major League Baseball season winds to a close with the…
PTBPR: September 2018 MLB Power Rankings
With the final month of the 2018 season upon us, it’s time to check back in with our September Power Rankings. Since our last rankings in July, there has been…
The Kids In The Hall: The 2018 MLB Cooperstown Class
Once upon a time, a bunch of people decided to pay homage to this great game of baseball, and in doing so, also decided it would be nice to annually…
PTBPR: July 2018 MLB Power Rankings
With the midpoint of the 2018 season upon us, it’s time to check back in with our July Power Rankings. Teams now are clearly contenders, pretenders, or non-tenders. As the contending…
PTBPR: June 2018 MLB Power Rankings
Hey-hey! It’s finally time to post up another PTB Power Rankings for the 2018 MLB Season. So, dust off those cleats, pull your bats out of storage, and find a…
Breaking Balls In Writing: MLB Season Previews
It’s that time of year again… Time for rooting for the home team. Peanuts, crackerjacks, and not caring about getting back. After a long, cold, seemingly endless winter, baseball has…
Breaking Balls, Episode VII: Your Show of Shows
This is it. After our long winter, baseball is back—and the Breaking Balls crew has got you covered! In this mammoth episode, Chris, Joel, and Jason welcome a slew of…
Breaking Balls, Episode VI: Moose Tacos
In this installment of Breaking Balls, Jason, Joel, and Chris bat around the signings of Eric Hosmer, J.D. Martinez, and others. The guys discuss the motives behind the Rays’ deck…
