The Healing Power of Baseball
Roughly thirty-six hours after Marlins players had learned that their teammate and friend had passed in a boating accident, they had no choice but to find a way to play baseball.
Read moreMonthly Archives: September 2016
The Year(s) of Cleveland
This is Cleveland’s year, even if it isn’t. Cleveland was always going to live or die by its pitching. In June, the team lived like kings. Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar ate hapless batters and crapped shutouts. Trevor Bauer, a strikeout specialist with a Rick Vaughn-like wild streak, was finally limiting his walks. Even 5th starter Josh Tomlin
Read moreBoulevard of Bad Contracts – NL West
The last installment of Scott Fendley’s Boulevard of Bad Contracts. He winds it up with the National League West.
Read moreJose Fernandez 1992 – 2016
There are no words. Nothing written here, none of the love pouring from the cracks in baseball’s broken heart, can match even a fraction of the joy which has been stolen away. Jose Fernandez, All-Star pitcher for the Miami Marlins, died in a boating accident early Sunday. I read the news through a half smile. “What a tasteless joke.” But
Read moreThe Tweet, the Outrage, the Response and the PR Apology
Which is worse? Steve Clevenger’s ignorant tweet or his lame apology?
Read more50 Words for Disappointment
What’s worse? Rooting for a team that never contends or for a team that contends all year, then fades in the last weeks of the season? The answer, of course, is whichever isn’t happening to your team.
Read moreBoulevard of Bad Contracts – NL Central
OK, National League Central. It’s your turn. Here are your worst contracts. There are a few we can look at with a jaundiced eye, and we will. Oh, we will.
Read moreThe Mets: A Beautiful Panic Attack
Katrina Jencius’s first post on The Spitter was just in time for the worst Mets loss of the season. (And let’s be honest, there’s been quite a few to choose from…)
Read moreBoulevard of Bad Contracts – NL East
Max Scherzer?! A bad contract? Yep. Here’s why.
Read moreA Baltimore Fan’s Last Nerve
I’m in a lousy mood after Baltimore’s dropped three of the first four at home to Boston. So don’t peck at me about low attendance.
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