News/notes from last night’s MLB games
A few thoughts from around MLB last night, May 19, a relatively quiet one in terms of the schedule but one that still featured a few good storylines: Hale presses the right button For all the…
A few thoughts from around MLB last night, May 19, a relatively quiet one in terms of the schedule but one that still featured a few good storylines: Hale presses the right button For all the…
Alright, let’s make one thing clear: picking MLB games is almost impossible sometimes. With the day-to-day grind that manifests for six months, it isn’t quite like the NFL, where the “Any Given Sunday” mantra is…
Another wild week in the books in baseball, with perhaps the season’s most epic slate to date occurring on Wednesday. The Red Sox keep piling up runs while giving up almost as many, the Cubs…
For just the second time since 2009, it won’t be the Chicago Blackhawks or Los Angeles Kings representing the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals. And for the first time, it will be either…
What a strange day in baseball (isn’t it always?). If you come to the ballpark you never know what you’ll see. On May 11, we had a pitcher hit two home runs to propel his…
Right off the bat (okay, there’s another one) forgive the puns. I’m a sucker for them, so it’s just too easy. A post now to appreciate two young players named Marte coming into their own…
Five weeks of the 2016 MLB season are in the books, and it’s still impossible to say if I — or anyone else, for that matter — knows much more than I did just mere…
One of the things I love most about baseball is that on any given night, anyone can play the role of hero. There aren’t “skill positions” like in football, and there are so many different…
I find this to be a fitting time to be writing about the potential resurgence of the Philadelphia Phillies. After all, they’re playing the St. Louis Cardinals, the team they essentially passed the torch of…
April is a few days old now, but what a month it was. The Chicago Cubs had the best record in the National League… aaaand, the Chicago White Sox had the best record in the…