Bob Moffitt: (Posey was) rookie of the Year, MVP, 7-time All Star in 10 full years in the field, four Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove,
Steve Harmon: Not arguing at all that he wasn’t great, that he accumulated all that platinum. But one thing he didn’t accumulate were the numbers. I’m sorry, but 1,500 hits and 153 home runs – even for a catcher.
Not 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.
Read moreThe Giants/Dodgers series is not a certainty. In fact, it’s very much in doubt. This is the same St. Louis Cardinals club that is just come off a 17-game winning streak.
Read moreAfter the trade deadline in Major League Baseball July 30, the team also has Kris Bryant, a well-known slugger and solid third baseman for fans to focus on while they try to remember where Lamonte Wade Jr. came from and if he’s a righty or a lefty.
Read moreOn paper this looks like a decent team; and if they can all actually make it to the ball park to play they should be.
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 moreThey could be the Miracle Mets. They could be a dumpster fire.
Read moreWe all swarmed around the magnificent, gleaming symbol of stardom, yelling, again, “We want Willie! We want Willie!” Joel, always the brazen one, jumped on the hood and rode on it before Willie himself yelled at him to get off — a thrill in itself to have the Say Hey kid barking at us.
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The Giants have let two of their best players go. How many are left and what will popcorn cost now that the team is going down the tubes toward a rebuild?
Read moreIt wasn’t supposed to be a gaggle of teams fighting for second in the N.L. West, but that’s what it is. Here’s what the last two months have in store.
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