Apologies for all of those times this year calling Tony La Russa a dinosaur, because the White Sox manager continues to innovate, even at the age of 76, coming up with newer and better ways to demonstrate that he’s an asshole. Read more…
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Hear me out: Tony La Russa… Manager of the Year?
Tony La Russa could shockingly be A.L. Manager of the Year for playoff-bound White Sox Read more…
Mookie Betts is great, but he shouldn’t be an All-Star
Personally, I was shocked when Tampa Bay Rays’ outfielder Austin Meadows earned a spot as an All-Star reserve on the American League squad. While I do believe Meadows is a fantastic player, he’s hitting just .242 with 16 homers and an .821 OPS. Those are good numbers, but All-Star worthy? Now that’s stretching it.… Read […]
Rookie umpire throws bat, hits José Abreu squarely in knee
I know umpires like to clear bats out of the way when they anticipate a play at the plate, but one would think that they would do so with a little bit of caution. Read more…
Tony La Russa doesn’t know the rules and there’s no one to save him from himself, either
Is it bad when your manager doesn’t know the rules? If we try to be fair to Tony La Russa, this is the first season this ridiculous extra-innings rule was put in place with the NL not having a DH, and La Russa doesn’t manage an NL club. Read more…
Vlad, Fernando, Francisco and more: The players who’ll make this baseball season interesting
Every year we discuss how baseball’s become boring, how it could grow more enjoyable for younger fans, and how we long for legitimate progress of our national pastime. Read more…
AL Central Preview: Which is it, Luis Robert?
The White Sox are probably the second-most fascinating team heading into the 2021 season. They haven’t quite cannonballed into the pool and ruined the buffet the way the San Diego Padres have — a team they will always be linked to thanks to Fernando Tatis Jr. and the rampant screen-punching amongst Sox fans that name… […]
Who will be the groups with the maximum award droughts?
On Wednesday, Trevor Bauer became the very primary Cincinnati Reds pitcher to win a Cy Young Award. That leaves just 3 groups in Major League Baseball who have not needed one of the pitchers receive that honour, fitting the 3 groups which haven’t needed an MVP. Read…
Who Will Be the Groups with the Maximum MVP and Cy Young droughts?
On Wednesday, Trevor Bauer became the very initial Cincinnati Reds pitcher to win a Cy Young Award. That leaves just 3 groups in Major League Baseball who have not needed one of the pitchers receive that honour, fitting the 3 groups which haven’t needed an MVP. Read…