The Dodgers are good. That’s really not a surprise. They’ve won the National League West eight years in a row. They’ve won the National League pennant three out of the past four seasons. Then they went and added Mookie Betts. That’s like if the old Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig-era […]
There’s no better time of the year than the World Series. This year is no different. But with it comes the sadness that this shortened season is about to be over. All we can do is hope it goes seven games. Because every game it goes is one day longer […]
Apparently they don’t teach baserunning anymore. Atlanta ran itself out of a trip to the World Series with the kind of boneheaded baserunning that has been prevalent the last few years in the major leagues. After scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the fourth, and with runners at […]
Okay, maybe there’s a reason the Tampa Bay Rays had the best record in the American League this year. Maybe they know what they are doing. Even though pulling a starting pitcher after just sixty-six pitches who was throwing one of the most dominating post-season starts imaginable is foolish. But […]
As much as everyone in America and every other civilized baseball country hates them, Houston is one game away from going back to the World Series for the third time in four years. Game 7 today is merely filling out the paperwork. This American League Championship Series is Old School […]
The Rays won the first three games of their Championship Series without hitting. They lost the last two games of their Championship Series without hitting. Great pitching can only go so far. Eventually you have to be able to score a few runs. Of the fourteen batters that have appeared […]
Being the home team at The Shed is tough. So far, in the National Leauge Championship Series, the home team has lost every game. And their opponents are racking up the runs. The Curse of The Shed continues. The home team during the regular season there had difficulty winning and […]
Defense matters. That has been said about a million times the past four seasons of Rangers futility. Hopefully someone from the Rangers front office, or better yet ownership, watched Tampa Bay last night. They made a game-saving defensive gem almost every inning. Defensive wizard Kevin Kiermaier robbed Alex Bregman of […]
What is going on? Four Hall of Famers have now died in the last six weeks. First Tom Seaver. Then Bob Gibson. Then Whitey Ford. And yesterday, Joe Morgan. Nothing tells you that you are getting old yourself when your find out your heroes are not immortal. While I wasn’t […]
The American Dream is still alive. In this country’s fractured times, it’s inspiring to hear a story like Randy Arozarina’s. He was born in Cuba but wanted to play baseball in the United States. That’s not allowed. So, risking his life and liberty, in 2015 he stole away in the […]
