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A gift-wrapped present from the baseball gods. The chance to see eight future Hall of Famers in one baseball game, plus a few others who came close to being Hall of Famers. All in an action-packed game seven of the …
Twins Homers, Orioles Homers, Cano Injury, Pressly Streak, Trout Error
There’s Good News… The Twins tied the MLB record for fastest team to reach 100 HRs in a season. With Miguel Sano’s home run against the White Sox on Friday, Minnesota has joined the 1999 Mariners as the only two …
But Is It A Baseball Name?
“I never have really become accustomed to the ‘John.’ Nobody ever really calls me John… I’ve always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It’s a name that goes well together, and it’s like one word—John Wayne.” — John Wayne …
Ryan Pressly: From Mr. Average to Mr. Unhittable
The relief pitcher as a weapon. Mr. Unhittable has been a force who changes the outcomes of baseball games for the last about 50 years. Some of these weapons have been named Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Sparky Lyle, Mariano Rivera, Bruce Sutter and Billy Wagner. And for …
MLB Holiday Uniforms: Poppies, Patriotism and Pink
I turned on the Yankees game last Friday night and was greeted with the sight of DJ LeMahieu in a camouflage hat and socks. I immediately checked my calendar. Was it Memorial Day weekend already, and I somehow didn’t realize …
How Baseball Lost Itself: A Tragedy
Between the time Keith Hernandez broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974 and his last year in baseball in 1990 with the Cleveland Indians baseball lost itself. The average baseball salary was $44,000 in 1975. Nolan Ryan hit …
Bryce Harper Is on a Quest
Breaking News from The Off-Base Newsdesk* at Foul Territory… PHILADELPHIA — Three weeks prior to Mike Trout signing a record-breaking contract of $430 million over 12 years with the Angels, Bryce Harper held the title with his 13-year, $330 million …
Rain Delays and the Love of Baseball
In a revealing article entitled, Rob Manfred goes to bat against fans in latest rain-delay rip-offs, the New York Post’s sports media critic, Phil Mushnick, argues that in rainout upon rainout, MLB has clearly opted for callous indifference to the …
Domingo German and the Replacement Yankees Just Keep Winning
It was supposed to be the season of Aaron Judge, Miguel Andujar and Luis Severino. Instead it’s been the season of DJ LeMahieu, Gio Urshela and Domingo German. Wait; who? Exactly. When the season began a couple of months ago, …
Bring Back the Old Doubleheader
The old days of baseball. The scheduled Sunday afternoon doubleheader. Or the midweek twi-night doubleheader that usually started around 4 pm. The timeless pleasure of seemingly endless baseball, or the doubleheader. The Beauty of Traditional Doubleheaders The late afternoon twi-nighter …
