Sport

Javy Báez has quietly turned his season around with the Mets

It’s easy to forget that the Mets have existed recently. The biggest news coming out of Queens since they’ve fallen out of playoff contention have been Francisco Lindor and Javy Báez’s “thumbs down” debacle, Jacob deGrom getting hurt more often than Mr. Glass from Invincible, and a TikTok trend involving a Spider-Man… Read more…

Sport

Fat Bear Week is the event you didn’t know you needed

Perhaps you have your own signs that summer is coming to an end. Here locally, it’s the ending of outdoor street fests or concerts. MLB playoffs might be another for you. Every place and individual probably has its own marker. But another one for all of us is the annual “Fat Bear Week” competition put […]

Sport

Lighten up, Wainwright

I understand that every team in every sport is desperate to make the “only the guys in this room believed in us” the rallying cry of their team. It’s easier to think you’re the underdog, and when you’re a professional athlete you need anything and everything to drive through an interminable season. Especially in… Read […]

Sport

Bradley Zimmer has family bragging rights for life

You remember playing baseball in the street with your siblings? Your brother or sister would also play the role of both announcer and pitcher. They’d toe the rubber and come up with some absurd scenario every time like “Two outs, full count, bottom of the ninth, down by three, bases loaded, Game 7 of the […]

Sport

This Juan Soto hot streak is way, way, way better than you realize

Shohei Ohtani is the best player in baseball. Mike Trout is the best pure position player in baseball. Juan Soto is the best hitter in baseball, and as much as I love Mike Trout… he’s not close. Juan Soto is doing something Trout has never done. In Juan Soto’s last 40 games , he has […]

Sport

Did Kevin Kiermaier take things too far on Monday?

Welcome to this MLB edition of “Is This cheating? ” During the sixth inning of the Blue Jays-Rays game on Monday, Tampa Bay outfielder Kevin Kiermaier ran through a hold sign from third base coach Rodney Linares. Kiermaier had just hit a single to the third baseman Jake Lamb, who proceeded to throw the ball […]

Sport

Tebow needs to ‘stay in school’

Resident homer and Florida Gators legend Tim Tebow reminded everyone why everything about his schtick will always and forever be better suited for the college football platform. Read more…

Sport

Vlad Guerrero Jr. smashed a baseball so hard it opened a wormhole

The Toronto Blue Jays continue to be the story in MLB right now. They blistered the Rays last night as Tampa was on another bullpen game to the tune of 8-1. It was the Jays’ 12th win in 13 games, keeping them in the wild-card spots. And it was highlighted by Vlad Guerrero Jr. obliterating […]