Foul Territory Baseball
Remember Harmon Killebrew? Twins on the Rise
The Minnesota Twins (remember Harmon Killebrew?) have played their 42nd game, 25 percent of a baseball season, and have the second-best record in the American League behind Houston. Pretty good for a team that plays in the same division as …
Help Wanted: Pitchers, and Lots of Them
Another dubious baseball record is about to be created. In 35-year-old Edwin Jackson’s next appearance on the mound, this time for his new team, the Toronto Blue Jays, he will throw a fastball for his 14th major league team (2003-2019). …
Pujols 2,000 RBI, Fiers No-Hitter, Ohtani Returns, Felix Injured, Jackson Traded
Ai! 2K… Albert Pujols collected his 2,000th RBI with a solo homer against the Tigers and was just the third player in MLB history to do so officially. He joins Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez and Cap Anson atop …
Sinclair Broadcast Group Buy into Regional Sports Networks a Gamble
Imagine if gambling and reduced viewership were the future of baseball? Take a closer look at baseball back at the turn of the 20th century. The days when the game was vituperative and truculent, yet continued to not only grow …
Baseball and Thoroughbreds: Trouble Ahead?
Baseball: sport or business? In a New York Times article on the unnecessary deaths of thoroughbred racehorses at major racetracks around the country, including Santa Anita Park and Churchill Downs, Joe Drape quotes Tim Ritvo, the Chief Operating Officer of …
Brodie Van Wagenen Leads Another Hapless Season of Futility for Mets
Admittedly, it’s early, but it certainly seems as if Seattle mugged the Mets in broad daylight in December 2018. As in so many other recent seasons, the Mets are once again stumbling out of the gate to the certainty of …
Nationals Fire Pitching Coach, Dodgers 20 Wins, Corey Kluber Breaks Arm, Red Sox Fortnite, Attendance Down
World Series Winner… This week the Dodgers were the first team to get 20 wins. In the last three years the first team to win 20 games also won the World Series. That’s great news for the Dodgers because if …
Better Luck Next Time, Chris Sale
Poor Chris Sale It’s bad enough that Chris Sale’s breaking pitches are sweeping across home plate on a hittable plane, affording batters juicy looks at pitches that once bewitched them, but then batters smack the ball straight at a Boston …
What is Gary Sanchez Thinking?
The Beauty of Baseball It’s a slow game. Plenty of time to contemplate the good, the bad, and the ugly. And Thursday night’s Yankees 11-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels featured a little of each, and in that sequential …
Luke Voit Delivers the Wow for Depleted Yankees
Oh, that Luke … … is Luke Voit. The big first baseman. Home-run hitter. And the man making Yankee fans forget … Greg who? Greg Bird. Oh. Him. Yawn. Injured again? Too bad. So, asking Luke Voit what have you …
