Baseball – Page 5 – The Fordham Ram

Dodger Stadium was home to some of the longest postseason basball games (Courtesy of Twitter).

I Love Baseball, But I Don’t Have All Night

October 24, 2018

By Brendan O'Connell This year’s MLB postseason action will end with either the Boston Red Sox or the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisting the World Series trophy this week, and it will conclude what has been a month of terrific theate...

Yankees: Early Exit or Threat?

September 19, 2018

By Max Fernandez The New York Yankees, the Bronx Bombers, call them anything you’d like, have had a pretty impressive season, even with the injuries of some of their stars like Gregorius, Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez. But they’re ...

Justin Bardwell earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Week honors for his 10-for-14 performance from the plate this weekend (Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram).

Baseball Sweeps Road Series Against St. Joseph’s

May 2, 2018

By Jack McLoone Well, that’s certainly one way to bounce back from your first Atlantic 10 series loss of the season. After dropping two of three to George Washington, Fordham Baseball outscored St. Joseph’s 23-9 on the ro...

Fordham Baseball lost its first series of the season when it dropped two out of three to George Washington. (Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram).

Baseball’s Bats Go Quiet Against George Washington

April 25, 2018

By Jack McLoone I guess I am a jinx. After running the headline, “Baseball Improves to 6-0 in Three-Game Series” last week, Fordham Baseball lost two of three to the George Washington Colonials over the weekend (note...

Ozzie Albies has been living up to his prospect pedigree so far (Courtesy of Twitter).

Early Season Breakouts

April 25, 2018

By Evan Biancardi We’re roughly one month into the Major League Baseball regular season, and while there haven’t been too many surprises thus far, it’s quite shocking to see the Mets, Pirates and Diamondbacks atop the National...

When Mike Trout is on top of the WAR leaderboards, the sample size is big enough (Courtesy of Twitter).

Overtime: On Small Sample Sizes

April 25, 2018

By Jack McLoone Every discussion of early-season baseball is (or at least should be) hounded by one qualifier, in one form or another: “it’s early, so don’t take everything at face value.” This is especially true in t...

Gleyber Torres's call up eerily mirrors Robinson Cano's (Courtesy of Twitter).

Cano, Torres and Why It’s Not Time to Panic Yet

April 25, 2018

By Chris Lengua Note: This article was written on April 19. The Yankees have won four out of five games since its completion, and Gleyber Torres has been called up. “It’s not what you want” was the go-to line for former New...

Service Time Manipulation Players to Watch For

April 18, 2018

By Evan Biancardi In recent years, we’ve seen teams hold back their top prospects for the season’s first few weeks in order to gain an additional year of club control. While we hear this phrase often, many don’t understand what ...

Fordham Baseball broke the school’s record for runs scored in a game last Wednesday in a 29-1 win over Saint Peter’s. (Courtesy of Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram)

Fordham Breaks Single-Game Run Record and Wins 3 Out of 4

April 11, 2018

By Jack McLoone Setting a school record is a great way to kick off a week. A new record for runs scored in a game is even better. Fordham Baseball topped St. Peter’s 29-1 on Wednesday, and followed that up by taking two of...

Freddie Freeman's been on fire to start the season (Courtesy of Twitter).

Small Sample Size Shockers

April 11, 2018

By Evan Biancardi The season is still young, but it’s not too early to dissect players’ small sample sizes. For some, their unusual start to 2018 may only be a streak, but for others, it could be an indicator for what to expect in ...

Fordham Baseball won five of its seven contests over spring break, including two out of three over rival Manhattan. (Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram)

Baseball Improves to 15-8-1 After Strong Spring Break Performance

April 4, 2018

By Jack McLoone While Fordham Baseball was snowed out like the rest of the school on Wednesday, March 21, that didn’t keep it from getting hot; over the seven games the Rams played over spring break, they won five, includin...

Ronald Acuna has been lighting up spring training and bringing attention and hype upon himself (Courtesy of Twitter).

Overtime: In Defense of Spring Training’s Only-Kinda-Baseball

March 21, 2018

By Jack McLoone Spring training is mostly a farce, a lamb in fully-grown sheep’s clothing. It’s an exercise in confirmation bias, mostly. Oh, Ronald Acuna is hitting the ball a mile? Well, that makes sense considering he’s t...