Effectively Wild Episode 1327: Marginal Wince Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about good and bad news for much-traveled pitcher Oliver Drake, the Dodgers’ signing of A.J. Pollock and the team’s perplexing offseason plan and lack of NL West competition, the Cubs’ signing of Brad Brach, and a report about the 10-day DL and the…
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Short Relief: The Rest of the Story As a professional baseball player, joining your teammates on a visit to an elementary school to read to children is the highest calling the offseason has to offer. No other team-sponsored community service event offers the same opportunity to deliver to the youth the rigorous textual analysis and…
DetailsJCPenney found a family for a holiday video, but had no idea it was Adrian Beltre’s family At some point during the holiday season, leading up to Christmas, Adrian Beltre showed what retirement is all about. Spending time with family … by going to JCPenney during the holiday shopping rush. There’s video to prove it,…
DetailsInstead of declaring war on baseball, here’s how to help fix the game If middle age is good for anything, it is the comfort that today’s crisis will probably be tomorrow’s perfectly pleasant bowl of soup and, afterward, maybe a brisk walk. But not too brisk. The crisis today is about baseball, the game and…
DetailsMLB PLAYERS UNION HEAD TONY CLARK BLASTS SLOW FREE AGENCY For the second consecutive year, prominent free agents remain unsigned with very little time remaining before spring training. And MLBPA head Tony Clark is not happy about it. Clark ripped the slow process, comparing it to the pace of play arguments that have permeated through…
DetailsNew Mariners CF Mallex Smith throws shade at Rays’ poor attendance The Mariners introduced new center fielder Mallex Smith to the media Thursday and someone asked Smith what he was most excited about in going to Seattle. “I’m going to enjoy fans in the stands,” a smiling Smith joked. “So that’ll be, that’s a big…
DetailsReport: MLB considering rule change that could slow down the game’s hottest pitching trend When Major League Baseball changed the 15-day disabled list to the 10-day disabled list in 2016, the idea was coming from a good place. League officials and the players’ union were trying to make it easier for ailing players to actually…
DetailsBaseball desperately needs this Harper, Machado drama to end Didn’t you just love the Hall of Fame celebration the last few days? The grace of Mr. Unanimous, Mariano Rivera. The personability of Edgar Martinez. The caustic wit of Mike Mussina. And perhaps you saw Roy Halladay’s family representing the late, great pitcher and shed a…
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