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Meme-O-Random: Baseball Puns—Beethoven’s Ninth
There’s nothing more American than baseball, apple pie and bad puns. So, baseball puns are basically double-American. You may never listen to Beethoven’s Ninth ever the same. But, let’s be fair: you probably weren’t going to listen to it anyway. …
This Week in Baseball – Relief Pitchers, Harper-Machado Rumors, Nelson Cruz, Rays Stadium, Singer Parents
How Do You Spell Relief… This week the reliever free agency market started moving. David Robertson signed with Philly and Zach Britton re-signed with the Yankees—both in the neighborhood of $12 million per year. That leaves Craig Kimbrel, Adam Ottavino …
Meme-O-Random: Where Will Bryce Harper Sign
We’re two months into free agency and we still have no idea where Bryce Harper will be playing next season so we decided to take a few guesses. The Dodgers look like a good fit, but McDonald’s could be good …
Hall of Fame Fantasies—from Jurickson Profar to Mariano Rivera
Cooperstown Dreams Every player has fantasies of being immortalized into the Hall of Fame. In January 2019, it’s likely Mariano Rivera will be unanimously inducted into the Hall. Just a few weeks ago, a dynamic player many teams had coveted …
New Year’s Resolutions 2019
Happy New Year to all of you who read my column—the casual readers, the enthusiastic borderline cyber-stalkers and even the folks who just wound up here from Google because I typed “Nick Jonas STD scare” just now. 2018 was a …
This Week in Baseball – Dodgers-Reds Trade, MLB Salaries, Mets GM, Sabathia Heart, Cuban Deal
W.K.P. in Cincinnati… The Dodgers traded pitcher Alex Wood and outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp to the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Homer Bailey and prospects. All together the seven-player moved upwards of $70 million in salary commitments with Los Angeles …
Baseball Free Agency: Money for Nothing
Play Ball! The baseball story begins as an outgrowth of money, gambling and the insatiable love of baseball in American cities. It was not a story of money for nothing a decade after the Civil War ended. It began as …
Starting 9 – Clint Eastwood Movies
Each week on the Foul Territory Podcast, Jed Rigney takes a current event and tries his best to match the names of active MLB players to that subject. With Clint Eastwood’s latest film The Mule in theaters now, we’re taking …
Meme-O-Random: Opening Day 99 Days Away
How long until Opening Day? We are glad you asked. It’s just 99 days away. This is truly the most wonderful time of the year! Check out more funny baseball memes in Off Base. Or like our Facebook page: The Baseball …
This Week in Baseball – Mariners-Indians-Rays Trade, Free Agents, Kyler Murray, Hall of Fame, Rays Stadium
Mariners Trade… Again… Even with GM Jerry Dipoto in the hospital, the Seattle Mariners pulled off yet another trade in their rebuilding mode. This time a three-way trade. They sent Carlos Santana to the Indians for Edwin Encarnacion with the …
