by Mario Mergola | Aug 26, 2018
It’s a quarterback-driven league. I write it every year, and still I read commentary on the contrary. These contrarian points are exactly that. Outliers and exceptions that remain outliers and exceptions. And I’ll start with the biggest one. I often cite a...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 29, 2018
It wasn’t easy. The waiting. The spreadsheet updates. The decisions. We saw something different in 2017. It wasn’t the ridiculous amount of home runs or the open-and-closed – yet still open – debate of what exactly is happening to the...
by Colin Cazzetta | Jul 14, 2017
Below are my awards and rest-of-season predictions for the 2017 MLB season: Cy Young: Sale and Kershaw Rookie of the Year: Judge and Bellinger – Shocker right there, if they win the awards we broke the news here first so, ESPN, please credit Sporfolio....
by Mario Mergola | Jul 12, 2017
It finally clicked. It took a while, but it hit me. It was an ‘a-ha’ moment that followed what I thought was an ‘a-ha’ moment. The Chicago Bears pulled off an incredible magic trick, right down to the sleight-of-hand, when drafting Mitchel...
by Mario Mergola | Jul 1, 2017
There’s a story here. Shakespearean in nature. Full of mystery, confusion, and a tragic hero. The difference between a penned prose and an unfolding event is direction. The story has not yet been written. In fact, it hasn’t even started. But it’s...
by Mario Mergola | Apr 28, 2017
The Jets did it again. They made a typical ‘Jets move.’ And it wasn’t by virtue of taking another defensive back in the first round. It was by operating without a plan. Comparing the options available at the 6th overall pick and value that each...
