A 19-Year-Old Playoff Monkey Is Off The Twins’ Backs. How Far Can They Go Now That He’s Gone?
A deep, opportunistic Minnesota team that underachieved nearly all season long finally reached its potential.
Read moreA deep, opportunistic Minnesota team that underachieved nearly all season long finally reached its potential.
Read more“…stop whitewashing the history, acting as if the story ended in 1947. And, MLB would do small but important things to bring back the connection to black fans so that the interest spreads to the talented among us. “
Read moreWins 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
Read moreNew Mayor League Baseball edict: we’re going to allow foreign substances on the field, but not for you pitchers. You must scrub your hands like you’re Macbeth and you just wacked three people.
Read moreUnder one set of proposed new rules, if a player is identified as a pull hitter, the entire defense must employ a reverse shift to the opposite field’s sideline. This bit of reparations will hopefully undo the last several years during which pull hitters were unfairly labeled “not as good” as hitters who could hit the ball all over the park.
Read moreWhat’s right next to the microwave? The freezer.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a team of destiny, propelled by the winds of the baseball spirits to finally claim a title after 32 years without.
The Tampa Rays are a team of destiny, propelled by the pitching and timely-hitting formula that has allowed previous penny-pitching clubs like the Minnesota Twins and Florida Marlins to claim titles.
Read moreCody Bellinger or Christian Yelich will likely win this award. One probably deserves it a little more than the other. Photo by baseballhall.org
Read moreUmpires and shorter commercial breaks would do wonders to shorten the length of Major League Baseball games.
Read moreI wonder if the Dodgers are going to do something about Manny Machado’s dirty play. Maybe? Never? Conveniently after the series is over/his contract is up? Next year if they re-sign him? And where will Major League Baseball come down on Saturday’s incident in Los Angeles? They’ve already fined him once, not that it did any good. In fact, it
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