Latest On Mookie Betts As the Red Sox season mercifully nears its conclusion, a difficult decision looms on the horizon for the club and whoever it hires to assume the vacant general manager post. With a contract extension looking unlikely for all-world outfielder Mookie Betts, it looks like a “realistic possibility” that he will be…
DetailsRays’ Tyler Glasnow can’t help but drop F-bomb on live TV At least he warned us! Pitcher Tyler Glasnow couldn’t help but drop an F-bomb after his Rays beat Toronto on Friday night to clinch the American League’s final wild-card spot. “I’m about to cuss on TV,” he told the local Fox affiliate, “I need…
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Omron Pioniers clinches spot in overgangsklasse With Omron Pioniers (farm team of Meerlease Pioniers) and Alcmaria Victrix finishing with the same number of wins and losses in the bottom eight group of the overgangsklasse, a decisive game was needed. Today both teams met at the ballpark of Sparks in Haarlem. Alcmaria Victrix didn’t stand a…
DetailsMLB awards 2019: Tight MVP races and the anti-heroes “The more I know, the less I understand, All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again.” — “The Heart of the Matter,” Don Henley. It’s that time of year again. I am going to mull the meaning of “valuable” more than I ever did…
DetailsSteve Pearce Considering Retirement Hero and MVP of the 2018 World Series Steve Pearce is considering retirement, per Chris Cotillo of masslive.com. Last season ended in storybook fashion for the long-time role player as he turned in a historic performance for his favorite team from childhood, the Boston Red Sox. The 36-year-old was acquired from…
DetailsInjury Notes: Paxton, Hale, Hicks, Vlad Jr. Yankees ace James Paxton exited his final start of the season on Friday after just one inning because of left glute tightness, per MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch. Paxton’s removal was a precautionary measure, and were it not for the looming postseason matchup with the Twins, Paxton likely could have…
Details2019 Dutch hoofdklasse: Promotion/relegation series, game 1 Today the first game of the promotion/relegation series between Kinheim (overgangsklasse) and DSS (hoofdklasse) was played. The background of this series is rather odd as both teams, that are literally neighbors, are investigating cooperation. In this best-of-five series, DSS struck first and won 1-0. Even though Kinheim was…
DetailsNL Notes: Bumgarner, WGN, Cubs, Phillies Madison Bumgarner has made his last pitch of the 2019 season – and perhaps his career as a San Francisco Giant. The free-agent-to-be would have been in line to start Sunday’s season finale, but manager Bruce Bochy says they’ll watch the game together from the bench, per Kerry Crowley…
DetailsTwins unafraid of miserable Yankees history: ‘Slay the dragon’ It’s not quite the Curse of the Bambino, but the Twins are well aware of their Yankees horrors heading into next week’s ALDS. “We understand the history,” team president Dave St. Peter told SKOR North radio earlier this week, before the matchup became official Friday with…
DetailsPirates Pitching Coach On Future After Difficult Season The Pirates appear ready to roll it back next season under the leadership of President Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington and manager Clint Hurdle, per Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pitching Coach Ray Searage is keeping his feet on the ground for now as he…
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