With the United States women's national soccer team completing its thrilling 2015 World Cup championship run, the month of July well and truly belongs to baseball when it comes to sports and America.
The starting lineups for the 2015 All-Star Game are in, the contenders, also-rans and cellar-dwellers are mostly fleshed out at this point and there are few better ways to spend a lazy summer day than taking in a ballgame.
On top of all that, the trade deadline is rapidly approaching in the MLB, meaning several teams are going to have to decide whether or not they need a short-term boost for the stretch run, long-term stability or even a page-one rewrite.