A Braves Update: Inside the Numbers
Numbers don’t lie and these 2016 numbers are ugly. Except for the Chris Stapleton concert.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Don’t Panic, Panic, Don’t Bogart My Roach, Ayee! Panic!
When your team is setting records for most consecutive losses ever, maybe it’s time to put down the dosage you bought dispensary, and have a full-blown panic attack. Such is life for fans of the Oakland Athletics.
Read moreThe Most Disappointing Season For…The Toronto Blue Jays
December 13, 1997 – a day that not only spawned the multi-media career of a bro fanboy from Boston, but it signaled to the baseball world that the Toronto Blue Jays had grown impatient of rebuilding from the ground up, and were ready to win now.
Read moreThe Most Disappointing Season For … The Montreal Expos
Raines, Carter, Dawson, Wallach and…Pete Rose! That was the splash for the Expos in 1984. Along with that great core group, Rose joined the team as a free agent to lend leadership and wisdom.
Read moreTop 10 Moments from Bartolo Colon’s Home Run Trot
We here at The Spitter aspire to one day shill our platform for clicks and ad revenue. So without any further ado, we present our own attempt to shamelessly whore for clicks — a listicle purchased second-hand from ESPN.
Read moreDude, Baseball Is Fun Again, Bro
It’s been a crazy week for Bryce Harper and his “Make Baseball Fun Again” campaign. Whether you think him a punk or a hero (or some combination of those two things), you can’t deny that Harper is bringing attention to the game.
Read moreThe Most Disappointing Season For…The Kansas City Royals
After years in the weeds, the Royals had their first winning record since the Strike of 1994, and the pocketbook is being opened, slightly, to build on that success.
Read moreHardball Theatre: Big Sexy Mothers’ Day
Keith Good’s weekly One Act, an SNL-meets-MLB look at the week in baseball. This week, Bartolo “Big Sexy” Colon goes deep to find the perfect Mothers’ Day gift.
Read moreSpecial Disappointing Season Supplement – The 1971 California Angels
The 1970 California Angels were one of the franchise’s better squads. They finished 86-76 on the year, in third place behind Minnesota, but as those Twins seemed to be aging 1971 looked like a contending year.
Read moreThe Most Disappointing Season For … The Angels (Whatever They Were Called at the Time)
The entire AL West was hot garbage, but thankfully 1994 was wiped due to a strike. There’s two studs in the rotation, a much better bullpen, and offensive talent through the lineup. If not the Angels, then who?
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