Your Hall of Fame Ballot Doesn’t Suck
For the last ten years, fans and writers have waged a war over who is worthy of being elected to the Hall of Fame. It’s time for that to stop.
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2016 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 moreTo Be or Not to Be Accurate, That Is The Question
When compiling The Spitter’s 2016 MLB Draft Watch List in June, I had every intention of writing a follow-up review of each prospect once the season ended. I guess here it is…
Read moreConfessions of a Lapsed Cubs Fan
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 Sox.
Read morePost-Season Baseball Twitter: Better Than TV?
The wife (now I can say that) and I cut the cable cord a while ago, and we were saving for our wedding so paying for anything except Netflix and Hulu were out.
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.
Read moreThe 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 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
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