The Most Disappointing Team in 2016…The Minnesota Twins
Plenty of teams fell short in 2016, but nobody fell as short of expectations than did the Twins.
Category Archives: Baseball Memories
Confessions of a Lapsed Cubs Fan
Advertisements I’m a little ambivalent about this World Series. I love a good underdog story, and there are no two franchises more under-doggy than the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. Their heydays were early in the 20th century, the Cubs in the first decade or so, and the Indians as soon as they stole Tris Speaker from the Red
Read moreThere’s No Tying in Baseball! Oh, Wait, Yes, Yes There Is…
Baseball, you’d think, would also not have tie games, thanks to extra innings and all. You’d think wrong. But there’s a reason why.
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 moreToo Big To Fail: Against All Odds, the Dodgers Keep Winning
A series of public missteps have followed the Dodgers for almost a decade. Despite the turmoil, it hasn’t stopped them from winning.
Read moreMedich, Fosse, Kingman and Free Agency
Late-season rentals are nothing new. Dave Kingman played for four teams in 1977.
Read moreThe Stayed-One-Year-Too-Long Blues
Not every player can go out like David Ortiz. Not many last seasons are like Mariano Rivera’s. Ted Williams’ 1960 curtain-call rarely happens.
Read moreLatest Trade Ever? A Late September Swap Story
August 1 has come and gone, but the trading fun ain’t over. Ask Jody Davis.
Read moreExpansion Teams – Win Now, Win Later, or Win Never?
Advertisements Since 1961, we’ve been in the “Expansion Era” (among many), since that was the year that baseball moved past the ‘traditional’ 16 franchises to the 30 we have now. While some decry that ‘watering down’ of talent in the majors, they mostly can just yell at clouds and complain about the sex talk on Golden Girls. Baseball needed to
Read moreAnybody Out There? Lowest Post-War Attendance by Franchise (Part 2)
This is part two of a three-part series where Scott Fendley looks at every franchise’s worst attendance year.
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