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...Last season’s 5-9 league finish was more of a disappointment than this season’s identical mark. The 2005-2006 team was picked to finish second in the league in the preseason media poll, while this year’s squad was picked to come in seventh and ended up in sixth...
Last season’s 5-9 league finish was more of a disappointment than this season’s identical mark. The 2005-2006 team was picked to finish second in the league in the preseason media poll, while this year’s squad was picked to come in seventh and ended up in sixth...
...First, if they're truly earning their millions, players will be lifting weights and whacking balls all off-season. "These guys don't sell suits in the winter anymore," notes Joe Sheehan, a senior writer at Baseball Prospectus. Plus, why should, say, the NBA have only a month-long preseason, while baseball stretches it out another half month? Basketball is without a doubt a more physically grueling game, so theoretically pro hoops players should need even more time to shape up; if you think I'm wrong, just remember John Kruk and David Wells, two rotund guys who looked like...
...Despite the carping, don't expect a slimmed-down preseason - and the reason is simple, money. "Spring training is lucrative for clubs, lucrative for the cities that host them, and will continue to be popular," says Maury Brown, editor of bizofbaseball.com, a site that tracks the economics of the game. According to a recent study commissioned by the Cactus League, which hosts 12 teams in Arizona, spring training will add $200 million to the state's economy...
...offense, the Crimson returns its top two goal scorers in the form of seniors Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen. Cohen was named a preseason honorary all-American, and the two combined for 68 of the squad’s 156 points last season. Sophomore Max Motschwiller impressed many as a breakout freshman at midfield last year, but this spring he will try his hand at the attack...