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Breaking News from The Off-Base Newsdesk* at Foul Territory… NEW YORK – The Major League Baseball Players Association has announced that “On-Field Cell Phone Use” is a major agenda item in the next collective bargaining agreement. The players union wants …
Trade Deadline, Tulowitzki Retires, Twins Homers, Betts’ Trifecta, Wilkerson Saves
Trade Winds Blowing… As we approach the trade deadline there haven’t been any blockbuster trades yet, but the Trade Rumor Mill still has Noah Syndergaard, Edwin Diaz, Madison Bumgarner and Trevor Bauer drawing interest. So far it’s just been Marcus …
MLB Trade Deadline Leads to Tough Decisions
In less than a week, some general managers will feel compelled to look one last time at their cards, lay them down on the table, and make some tough decisions as the MLB trade deadline approaches. Do I, or don’t …
New York Mets Endure Legacy of Losing
No, I am not trying to say that there is a higher moral order to playing winning baseball, nor am I suggesting that those executives of winning teams graduated magna cum laude from MIT or honed their craft playing Stratomatic …
Trade Rumors, Hall of Fame Inductions, Boone Ejected, Eckersley/Price Beef, Harvey Cut
Rumor Has It… With singular trade deadline closing in fast, teams will just have the next week or so to make additions to their teams to fortify themselves for the playoffs. This year it looks like most of the trades …
Mets, Yankees Trade Partners? Why Not?
Stop the world. The Yankees and Mets may actually consider doing business with one another at the trade deadline. Even thinking of such a transaction has the feel of blasphemy. Much as any deal between the Yankees and Red Sox. …
New York Mets Display Art of Futility in 16-Inning Loss
The New York Mets won four games in a row beating up on the Miami Marlins and the Minnesota Twins. Had the Mets won the extra-inning contest the club played Thursday night in San Francisco, they might have felt as …
The Real Strike Zone: Swinging for the Fences
Strike zones have come and gone over the years to suit the temper of the game. That’s because the strike zone has been a tool to tweak the hitting zone, adjusting offense as per the perceptions of MLB. This imaginary …
All-Star Game, Trade Rumors, Cashner Traded, Verlander Speaks Out, Tyler Skaggs Tribute
All-Star Recap… The American League All-Stars beat the National League All-Stars in 2019’s Midsummer Classic. The AL staff combined to strikeout 16, dominating a loaded NL lineup 4-3 for its seventh straight win. Altogether a good night of baseball featuring …
Which Division Leaders Will Be Division Winners?
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is easily the best of all major sports exhibition player showcases. It’s the only game played in very close approximation to regular-season games by including the concept of “defense” that the NBA and NFL …
