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1999 NL Award Predictions   Rookie of the Year 2B/3B Bob Bromell – San Diego Padres             The Padres may have had the steal of the...

An exposé on the 1998 NL All Star Pitching by Jonathan Bedingham

First Round Draft Analysis 1993 compared to “The Index” (Reviewed Midway through 1997): Fair warning, this could take quite a bit to read...

First Round Draft Analysis compared to “The Index” “The Index” Takes All Facets of the player’s potential into account and creates an...

This Month in RLB July 1992 Interleague Update *as of 8/3 AL Awards Rookie of the Month 3B Jabari Hunter – Seattle Mariners:...

This Month in RLB June 1992 Interleague update *as of 7/6 AL Awards Rookie of the Month SS Matt White – Minnesota Twins: .330/.384/.670,...

This Month in RLB May 1992 Interleague update *as of 6/1 AL Awards Rookie of the Month CF Sean Hamm – Toronto Blue Jays: .308/.373/.607,...

April 1992 Interleague update *as of 5/3 AL Awards Rookie of the Month LF Alvin Steele – Boston Red Sox: .409/.470/.580, 8 XBH, 21 R, 11...

Heading into the Human GM Era The Atlanta Braves ended the AI GM era in a strong position. They had gone 99-63 in 1968 and 97-65 in 1969;...

Looking back at 1989, Scott Ellis was the heavy favorite on paper to win Rookie of the Year in the National League. Ellis did not exactly...

1988 Standings: 1. Detroit Tigers (106-56) 2. New York Yankees (93-69) 3. Baltimore Orioles (83-79) 4. Toronto...

The NL Central had another underwhelming season overall in 1988, sending only the Division winner Chicago Cubs to the playoffs. Only one...

Last season was an impressive year for newcomers into the National League. Two rookies finished in the top 10 in batter WAR; Doug Rider...

In 1988, the Milwaukee Brewers won the AL Central for the first time since 1982. In their franchise history they have won 7 AL Central...

The 1988 season saw two teams from the NLE make the playoffs for the first time since 1983. These two teams, the Braves and the Expos,...

The next Rule 4 Draft is loaded with talent and after a discrete regular season with a 73-89 record we own the #10 pick. In the next...

The season is about to end and looking at the numbers in detail we can find that something interesting is happening, all National League...

RLB has never had a player reach 3,000 hits. However, that Milestone may be broken in our lifetime. Here are the players with the best...

The 1986 season ended with the first World Series win for an NL East team since 1972. The Atlanta Braves defeated the California Angels...

For many years in recent history, the National League Central was widely regarded as the best division in the NL, if not all of RLB....