Baseball Should Be Fun. Let’s Hope It Stays That Way What do you want baseball to be? That may seem like a silly question—after all, it’s been functionally the same sport for the last century—but it’s one I’ve thought about a lot in 2019, a year that I’m convinced will go down as a turning…
DetailsThe Braves Have What It Takes for a Surprising World Series Run The Braves were the National League’s premier franchise in the 1990s, ripping off 14 consecutive NL East titles from 1991-2005. Are we at the doorstep of a new golden age of baseball in Atlanta? It may be a bit premature to even raise…
DetailsMets to retire Jerry Koosman’s number next year The Mets announced today that they plan on retiring Jerry Koosman’s number 36 next year. Koosman was always the number two guy behind Tom Seaver in the Mets rotation, but he was a beloved member of the Miracle Mets and was well-respected among his teammates. He also…
DetailsIn memory of late son, Detroit fan hand-delivers historic Albert Pujols baseball to Hall of Fame Albert Pujols’ 2,000th-RBI baseball, which caused such a ruckus earlier this season when a floppy-haired fan from Detroit refused to give it to the Los Angeles Angels’ slugger, has finally found its forever home. Ely Hydes, the Detroit law…
DetailsAfter flopping in Bryce Harper’s first year, what’s next for the Phillies? WASHINGTON — For $455 million, the Philadelphia Phillies bought themselves nothing more than one more day, one more game of playoff contention. Now, manager Gabe Kapler and the rest of the organization can only wait to see if such middling progress after the…
DetailsWilson caps nomadic year with trip to desert After being traded from the D-backs to the Red Sox, Marcus Wilson battled through an up-and-down season. He has one more stop — in the Arizona Fall League — before he can call it a year. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190925&content_id=310825900&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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For the Blue Jays, “Operation: Best Case Scenario” Was a 2019 Failure Elegy for the Season 20192018 AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA NYY DET OAK TBR KCR SEA TOR MIN TEX NL ATL CHC ARI MIA CIN COL NYM MIL LAD PHI PIT SDP WSN STL SFG AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE…
DetailsFall Buzz: Oklahoma-Arkansas Highlight Early Scrimmages With fall workouts beginning, our first notebook has nuggets on Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton, Butler, Illinois, Western Illinois and Illinois State. Source: https://d1baseball.com/featured/fall-buzz-oklahoma-arkansas-highlight-early-scrimmages/
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Oliver Drake Changed His Game and Found a Home Far from the bright lights of the pennant chase, history was made last August when Oliver Drake came in to pitch the ninth inning of an 8-2 Twins victory. That appearance marked the fifth major league team Drake had appeared for in 2018 alone. He wasn’t…
DetailsThree Needs: Pittsburgh Pirates We’re continuing with our “Three Needs” series, in which we take a look at the chief issues to be addressed for clubs that have fallen out of contention. We’ve already focused on the Mariners, Tigers, White Sox, Marlins, and Rangers. Now we’ll cover the Pirates, who entered the All-Star break 2.5 games off of the…
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