2023 First Look: Blue Jays
The question for Toronto is, do baby giraffes like domed stadiums?
The Jays also have hopes for another player with a pretty good nickname, Daulton “Little Wheels” Varsho.
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Pitch Count? We Don’t Need a Stinkin’ Pitch Count!
Sometimes a game is so full of badness, it ends up being great, like this little ditty from 1974. I enjoy baseball Twitter, especially the posts of statistical oddities and whatnot. These tweets, by people such as Doug Kern, Mark Simon, or Jayson Stark (among others) usually take the form of “The Reds haven’t hit four batters in an inning
Read moreThe A’s Early Losing Woes: Nothing Compared To The 1974 Padres
The 2021 Athletics start could have been worse. They could have been donning the brown and yellow of the team 47 years ago that had just been kept in San Diego.
Read moreN.L. West Prediction: Los Angeles Dodgers
The big addition in the offseason, of course, was Trevor Bauer, one of only 10 men named Trevor to play Major League Baseball.
Read moreA.L. West Prediction: Oakland Athletics
They have three of the worst teams in all of baseball in one division as near-daily competition.
Read more2020 ALDS Preview: Yankees V. Rays
Randy Arozarena was solid in 23 games with the Mobulas this year.
Read more2020 Postseason Preview: Yankees V. Indians
The starting pitching is really good for Cleveland, but so is New York’s offense… Gary Sanchez not withstanding.
Read more2020 Postseason Preview: Astros V. Twins
Sure the Twins have the pitching to win the first two games. But what if they need to win the third? Then what?
Read more2020 Postseason Preview: Athletics V. White Sox
They’re so close in so many ways. but the one way they’re different will likely make all the difference.
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.
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