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…
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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…
MLB Power Rankings: April 2017
Welcome to new and improved PTBMLBPR. For those of you who hate acronyms, that’s the Place to Be Major League Baseball Power Rankings. This year, we’re shaking things up just…
Major League Baseball 2017 Preview: American League West
Today we are checking in on the American League West, home to a really good team (Houston), a really bad team (Oakland), the best player in baseball (Mike Trout), and…
2016 American League West Preview
Yesterday, we checked out the National League Central, and today we wrap up the American League by putting the West under the microscope. In 2015, the American League West was…
PTBPR: MLB End-of-Season Power Rankings
Last week, the Kansas City Royals snapped a 30-year championship drought, topping the New York Mets four games to one in the World Series, capping off a most sublimely unpredictable…
PTBPR: September MLB Power Rankings
Hello, Place to Be Baseball Fans! Welcome to the latest MLB Power Rankings. Sorry for a slight delay in getting this edition out, but I had a fairly significant relocation…
PTBPR: Midseason 2015 MLB Power Rankings
Welcome to the Place to Be Nation Mid-Season MLB Power Rankings! We’ve had quite the first half to the 2015 MLB season, with a ton of great performances (Bryce Harper*,…
