The Baseball Hall of Fame’s veterans committee has seemingly opened the door for more closers and designated hitters to join the ranks of the best baseball players who ever lived. Lee Smith is third all-time on the games-saved list and, considering he played for some wretched Chicago Cubs teams that averaged nearly an error a game, that’s saying something. He
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Greatness and dominance over a decade should be rewarded with a trip to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame
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He was really well-known and was on eight World Series teams. But he also copped to taking human growth hormone. Does Andy Pettitte have the resume to make the hall?
Read moreSome of the candidates have been pigeon-holed by descriptions of their talents in the past. They should be celebrated.
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All of the subjects you might expect are here: Ruth, Bera, Clemente. But it’s the stories of Alexander Cartwright, Jim Brosnan, and Dean Chance that you don’t know that will carry you through the next three months.
Read moreHe played the game it was meant to be played, on and off the field.
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The Dodgers got thumped as did the notion that a computer is a better manager than somebody with two eyes and common sense
Read moreI wonder if the Dodgers are going to do something about Manny Machado’s dirty play. Maybe? Never? Conveniently after the series is over/his contract is up? Next year if they re-sign him? And where will Major League Baseball come down on Saturday’s incident in Los Angeles? They’ve already fined him once, not that it did any good. In fact, it
Read moreWhy does Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts hate Rich Hill? Why does he love Ryan Madson despite Madson allowing the first five inherited runners to score so far in this series? Why does he keep pulling Hill when he’s really effective…like, say, just-struck-out-a-guy-and-has-a-one-hitter-and-a-four-run-lead-in-the-seventh-and-a-shutout-in-Game-4-of-the-World-Series effective? Why? Why? Why? Ansser: To bring in another left-handed reliever in Scott Alexander. Oh. Wait.
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Game 3 had something for everyone. It could be the the greatest…or weirdest…postseason game ever played.
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