Your Favorite Team is Trying to Kill You
I have bad news for anyone who loves eating, drinking, and baseball: Major League Baseball teams are trying to kill you. If you’re heading to the ballpark this year, you better bring a defibrillator.
Duke Jackson
Too Focused To Pee: The Matt Harvey Story
Matt Harvey, Dark Knight of Gotham, leader of the best rotation in baseball, All-Star, playoff hero, could use some work on scheduling loo breaks. Terry, get a man on that.
Read moreDear Party Committee: A-Rod’s retiring in 585 days
What should we bring to Alex Rodriguez’s retirement party? At least we have plenty of time to ponder.
Read moreThe Day Randy Made Doves Cry
On March 24th, in an exhibition game against the Giants, with Calvin Murphy at the plate and Rod Barajas catching, the Unit uncorked a fastball that was perfectly timed with the arrival of a single dove flying in front of home plate.
Read moreThis Post is Not “Elite”
Let’s talk about what it takes to be “elite.” First, a little history: the term “elite” became an elite sports cliche a few years ago when pundits began debating the elite-ness of NFL quarterback Joe Flacco.
Read moreYeah, You’re Trying to Tire Me
Baseball is tired, man. Baseball is ruined, nerds. Duke examines how we can fix it.
Read moreAttn: MLB Teams; Re: Hire Me
My dream has always been to work in Major League Baseball, and for a long time, I gave that dream a real shot. Alas, here we are.
Read more“Hey, Remember Me?”
Spring training rosters are rife with names of yesteryear, trying to get one more shot at the Show.
Read moreDon’t Sell Me Short, Bro
Last week, a local radio station was able to track down Bryce Harper in between workouts and haircuts to ask him a few questions about the upcoming season.
Read moreLet’s Get Tanked.
Advertisements Have you heard? Baseball’s hottest topic this spring is tanking. For those who remain blissfully unaware, allow me to give you a headache: tanking involves a franchise deciding its current on-field talent base is not competitive enough, so in an effort to re-build on the cheap, they undertake a systematic stripping of all viable major league assets in an
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