62: Baseball’s New Magic Number?
Wins are hard to get nowadays. Pitchers are pulled from games earlier and earlier. According to Bleacher Report, there were 734 complete games in 1982. We are on pace this year for…four
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Book Review: “Sacramento Baseball”
Sacramento Baseball: a book about a lot of things you didn’t know, and a couple of easily-skippable things you could probably do without. Photo by Bob Moffitt
Read moreThe Murray Brothers’ Extra Innings Is A Perfect Introduction To Minor League Baseball
The Murray brothers have their own baseball show and our reviewer says they know just what to do with it. Photo by Facebook
Read moreKato Kaelin – Brewers Fan
Kato Kaelin, remember him? America’s Unwelcome Houseguest? Well, he’s a Milwaukee Brewers fan. Surprising, isn’t it? He’s also an avid tweeter about the Brewers. Bases loaded @Brewers w no outs and 1 run Fn sucks! Really? Really? Counsell just do a suicide squeeze. Do something & don’t b out Maddened — Kato Kaelin (@Kato_Kaelin) July 29, 2017 Counsell MUST B
Read moreBaseball’s Always Had An Asterisk
I’m sick of the holier than thou b.s. around the Hall of Fame, especially after the recent selections of Pudge Rodriguez and Jeff Bagwell. There were many complicit in the Steroid Era, I won’t put this on the players or managers. The fact is that MLB was losing money and I’m basing my comments around their own Capitol Hill testimony.
Read more2016 Fantasy Baseball Awards
Great individual statistics alone are not enough to capture the MVP or Cy Young Award. Sportswriters have often cited a team’s futility as justification for shortchanging deserving players of postseason honors.
Read moreThe Wrong Side of 30: Leaving it on the field
“The Wrong Side of 30” chronicles existential questions sports fans have as they traverse the trials and tribulations of adulthood, ultimately helping us manage our fandom against life’s more pressing adult priorities.
Read moreSaying Goodbye to The Ted
Terri Narrell brought her son to the last game at The Ted. She didn’t boo, but she didn’t exactly cheer, either.
Read moreBuck Had A Plan And It Was A Good Plan
Get off Baltimore Orioles Manager Buck Showalter for his bullpen management…well sort of get off him. His team was tied 2-2 in the 11th inning of the American League Wild Card game. He trusted his team would find a way to score a run on a bullpen that had been ineffective, with the thought he could then bring in closer
Read moreBold 2016 Playoff Predictions from The Spitter Staff
A little speculation never hurts. So move your eyes to the right, click play, and go work in another tab. Our crack staff will take it from here.
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