Mark Loretta Comments On Cubs Opening After interviewing this week for the open Cubs managerial seat, Mark Loretta made several comments to a Chicago-area radio station on Saturday that offered insight into his hypothetical strategy for improving the club’s on-field product. Speaking to 670 The Score, the former bench coach for Joe Maddon identified bullpen…
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DetailsWhere Mickey Callaway fits in Mets’ all-time managers ranking The Mets are hiring again, so it’s a timely thing to see where the New Guy can find himself in one man’s list of all-time (non-interim) Mets managers: 1. Gil Hodges (1968-71, 339-309, .523, 1 title, 1 World Series appearance, 1 playoff): At some point, one…
DetailsLeague, MLBPA Mull Changes To Marijuana Policy A slow night in transactional and hot stove-related news allows for a closer reading of the previous week’s industry news, and a Wednesday piece from the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Shaikin is certainly deserving of a look, for those who missed it upon publication. In the shadow of…
DetailsHow Gleyber Torres made himself into Yankees cornerstone Another postseason game, another key RBI from Gleyber Torres. The one in Saturday’s 8-2 win over the Twins in Game 2 of the ALDS may not have been as critical as his two-run double that gave the Yankees the lead for good on Friday, but it was…
DetailsNL Notes: Waino, Chop, Zaidi Sunday will mark the first postseason game played in St. Louis in three years, but Cardinals manager Mike Schildt will be trusting the game’s start to a relatively practiced postseason hand. Redbirds legend Adam Wainwright–a free-agent-to-be this offseason–will be taking the ball for Schildt, who is counting on the pitcher’s…
DetailsDidi Gregorius begins shedding season to forget with one swing Didi Gregorius’ actions following his most important action spoke loudest. For after the shortstop blasted a Tyler Duffey fastball 369 feet into Yankee Stadium’s second right field deck Saturday afternoon, ending his misery and extending that of the Yankees’ punching bags from the Land of…
DetailsThis is why Masahiro Tanaka has Yankees’ ultimate playoff trust So much of sports comes down to whose hand do you want the ball in with the game on the line. Which two-minute quarterback? Which isolation star as the 24-second and game clocks are winding toward 00:00? Which pitcher in October? Masahiro Tanaka has moved…
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Clayton Kershaw Signs Multi-Year Cleat Deal with Skechers Dodgers future Hall of Fame pitcher Clayton Kershaw wore the first ever Skechers baseball cleats in last night’s NLDS Game 2 start, and the brand has announced a multi-year partnership with Kershaw. Kershaw is now wearing the Skechers “one of a kind cleat” which looks more-or-less identical…
DetailsYankees destroy Twins in every way for ALDS stranglehold The latest rendition of what has become a non-competitive situation when the Yankees and Twins get together in the postseason was on display Saturday night, and it looked very familiar. That meant the Yankees assaulted Twins pitching and the Twins’ bats were no match for the…
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