Charlie Morton’s Best Season Yet WAR isn’t everything, and it can certainly be more variable year to year for pitchers than it is for hitters. Still, Charlie Morton — who has pitched in parts of 12 major league seasons and never before accumulated more than 3.1 WAR in a single year — has posted 4.7…
DetailsLatest On Jake Arrieta Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta has spent a large portion of the season trying to pitch through a bone spur in his elbow. Now, though, the pain could force him to the operating table. After the Phillies’ loss to the Giants on Sunday, Arrieta told Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia and…
DetailsGiants reveal they’ll retire Will Clark’s No. 22 jersey next season SAN FRANCISCO—The Giants have kept some numbers on the “unofficially retired” list over the years and have tried to quietly nudge players away from wearing certain ones, but on Sunday they made it official for one of the most important players in franchise history.…
DetailsA look at fan rage from 1994 MLB strike, and those who never really came back I don’t remember the year that there was no World Series. At age 4, I was old enough to profess that I loved baseball but young enough to not actually notice when it went away. I probably didn’t know…
DetailsJoe Maddon believes he will be with Cubs ‘for a couple more years at least’ Joe Maddon’s contract is up at the end of the year and his future has been an underlying storyline all Cubs season. Before Sunday’s game at the Reds, Maddon addressed questions from reporters on the topic. He seems to think…
DetailsFire extinguisher set off by Newcomb’s meltdown MIAMI—The mess in the Atlanta Braves’ clubhouse made by a punctured fire extinguisher has been cleaned up before Sunday’s series finale at Miami. The damage occurred when Braves reliever Sean Newcomb kicked a garbage can in anger after giving up the winning run in the 10th inning of…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1416: Live at Saber Seminar (for the Third Time) In the third episode of Effectively Wild recorded live at Saber Seminar in Boston, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to Boston Globe sportswriter Alex Speier, author of the new book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion From the Ground Up,…
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