Padres vs. Dodgers: The pitching edge belongs to San Diego The San Diego Padres have had one of the biggest turnarounds in baseball from a season ago, with their starting pitchers posting the seventh-best ERA among rotations in the majors. Despite just a 1-2 record, Matt Strahm has been highly effective as a starter this…
DetailsAnna and the 1961 Yaz Card I didn’t make Anna out for a baseball fan. Not in a million years. But, the more we talked about life and our lives, the more interesting she became. Then she said she loved baseball. Uh, what, as I did a double-take. Turns out, she grew up near up…
DetailsBen Zobrist divorces wife Julianna for ‘inappropriate marital conduct’ Ben Zobrist’s personal leave of absence has now been sadly explained. He’s getting a divorce after 14 years of marriage, according to court documents Zobrist filed just outside Nashville, Tenn., alleging his wife, Julianna, “has been guilty of inappropriate marital conduct, which rendered further cohabitation impossible,”…
DetailsYankees’ power returns before stars do to slug past Orioles Without Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Didi Gregorius, the Yankees’ power was expected to be severely reduced. It was, but despite the injured list seemingly growing daily, the Yankees continued to win despite the power dip. That power returned in the first game…
DetailsWHO WILL FOLLOW MARKEL TO MAJORS; HERE ARE SOME CANDIDATES Now that the American Association can boast that one of its players from last season is already in the major leagues before the new season begins, the guessing game can legitimately begin as to which of the league’s graduates is likely to join Parker Markel…
DetailsHeyer’s blasts power Loons to victory Dodgers prospect Luke Heyer slugged a pair of homers — including a grand slam — and finished with three hits and six RBIs to power Class A Great Lakes past Dayton, 8-3, on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190515&content_id=307166272&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsFisher Cats’ Mineo rips four hits, plates five Alberto Mineo went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBIs and fell a triple shy of the cycle to help Double A New Hampshire top Reading, 9-3, on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190515&content_id=307168908&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Chris Sale is Sort of Back There was a fair bit of consternation regarding Chris Sale at the start of the season. In his first start of the year, he gave up three homers in three innings against the Mariners. Concern mounted when his fastball averaged 89 mph against Oakland in his next start and…
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Postseason Stock Report: Week 14 National Seed & At-large Analysis
WSJ: There Is a Hit-by-Pitch Epidemic in Baseball (Reg Req’d) But all this talk about pitchers hitting batters on purpose has distracted from a more puzzling question: Why are pitchers hitting so many batters by accident? One out of every 96 plate appearances across the major leagues in 2018 ended with a batter being drilled.…
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