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…
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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…
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…
David Ortiz: A Career of Championships and Controversy
“What happened to me should teach everybody that you should never give up on anybody.” — David Ortiz They call him “Big Papi,” and when you mention that name, people…
Sending Off A Legend: Alex Rodriguez’s Finalé
With the likely final game of New York Yankees’ third baseman/designated hitter Alex Rodriguez come and gone Friday, a few of the baseball die-hards at Place to Be Nation put…
Ichiro! Celebrating the Greatness of 3,000 Hits
This past Sunday in Colorado, a future Hall of Fame outfielder connected on a 2-0 pitch and rapped it off the wall in right-center field, narrowly missing a home run.…
