Good news for the Phillies: they beat Miami even with designated hitter Bryce Harper hitting .169 and neither he nor Nick Castellanos had a home run. Bad news: Castellanos is a .194 career postseason hitter (fun fact: Castellanos ended the season with no errors in right field). Schwarber hit 47 home runs to lead the club and nine players had
Read moreYes, they Braves are hot, but I don’t know if Atlanta is the second coming of the Minnesota Twins.
Read moreIt would seem to be unreasonable to question or criticize the Los Angeles Dodgers management decisions considering they just won a World Series a year ago. But we specialize in the unreasonable. Eddie Rosario has carried the Atlanta Braves offense through the National League Championship Series. Yet, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to pitch to him. It’s one of several
Read moreNot even the ’87 Twins (13 win deficit to the Tigers) had to overcome so much. If the Dodgers lose this, it would be jaw-droppingly amazing…kind of like when the 116-win Seattle Mariners club lost to the 95-win Yankees team in 2001.
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Yes, it’s early. Yes, there’s a long way to go. Yes, Minnesota has a plethora of talented players. Yes, the future would appear to remain bright. We can dispense with the cliches because Minnesota is a terrible baseball team at the moment.
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