Advertisements I have lived for 40 years without ever having to suffer through the pain of watching my favorite team being blown to smithereens. Well, I’ve seen it before but it didn’t hurt. That streak is officially over. The Reds are being blown up as I type. While I understand why it must occur, I didn’t anticipate the level of
Advertisements I get it. It’s the offseason. Dexter Fowler is the best free agent left on the board. Baseball writers need something to talk about. But the recent wave of tanking talk is a bit of a stretch. Dave Cameron did a great job of refuting the tanking notion over at Fangraphs, saying: “It’s interesting that this issue is being
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Writers and fans didn’t just hate Barry Bonds because they thought he was a cheater; they hated him because he never acknowledged that their opinions mattered.
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Not every baseball man has time for a full-length interview with Landon Evanson, but most do find time to send a thoughtful written response to a single question – for example, what was the highlight of your offseason? That’s what we asked former Yankees manager turned MLB exec Joe Torre, and here’s his unedited response.
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We’re sitting it out this year. For the first baseball season in 13 years, no son of mine will jog onto the field to take his position among the other players from our little town. This sit-out isn’t by choice.
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Advertisements Peter Edward Rose belongs in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Peter Edward Rose doesn’t deserve to be in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Both statements are true. A baseball “Hall of Fame” without one of baseball’s greatest is a quaint exhibition. It’s a roadside burp from I-90, kin to the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota or
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Advertisements Tony Phillips was never an All-Star, nor did he break a major league record. In fact, to the casual fan, the only thing that the switch-hitter did which will stand out historically was snag a Brett Butler ground ball then make an accurate flip from second base to Dennis Eckersley for the final out of the 1989 earthquake World
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Advertisements There’s a sad story in the making. So far, four chapters of 15 have been written. It’s the tale of two accused cheaters -Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens- who this year actually made progress towards one day being voted Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famers. Last year, neither man cracked the 38-percent threshold by sportswriters. Writers are allowed to select only 10 players. This year, both
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This year, the Oakland Athletics’ bullpen menu will feature Aussie bearded pork sandwiches topped with elbow scars, black eyes and onions. High in fiber, low in fat, gooood for you!
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Decades before the Yankees and Cardinals tried to trademark the term “baseball dynasty,” there was the Brooklyn Atlantics. They won the first officially recognized American baseball championship in 1859, as the Civil War raged.
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