We’re just over a month into the 2015 baseball season, and it’s already had its fair share of the amazement, wonder, excitement, anger, frustration, shock, stupidity, and sheer craziness that…
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.
2015 National League West Preview
Welcome to the sixth and final MLB season preview for Place to be Nation. Today we’ll be checking out the National League West. The NL East, NL Central, AL East,…
2015 National League Central Preview
We’ll take a look at the National League Central here. And I do apologize for the delay in these final two previews. Real life jobs got in the way.* *Stupid…
2015 National League East Preview
Earlier this week, we took a look at the American League. Those division previews can be read here, here, and here. Let’s check out what the National League will look…
2015 American League West Preview
Last time, we checked in on the American League Central and the East before that. Let’s wrap our 2015 preview tour of the AL with the West with the National…
2015 American League Central Preview
Welcome to the 2015 Place to Be Nation MLB preview for the American League Central Division. This is the second part of a six-part series. You can read Part 1…
2015 American League East Preview
“For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice…
20 Years Ago: The 1994 MLB Players’ Strike
Twenty years ago, Major League Baseball suffered the longest work stoppage in its history. The 1994 players’ strike was brought about because of a long-standing acrimony between players and owners,…
2014 MLB Season Wrap-Up
A few weeks ago, one of the founding fathers of Place to Be Nation, Scott Criscuolo, asked me to write an end-of-season MLB wrap up. To which I asked, “How…
