Joe Musgrove Cl-EAR-ly Wasn’t Cheating
You’ve gotta admit, Buck Showalter’s asking the umpires to rub Joe Musgrove’s ears was the perfect way for the Mets to go out. It was the combination of dysfunction, desperation and unintentional...
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A Near Perfect Day of Baseball Games
For baseball fans without any vested interests in the eight teams playing this weekend, yesterday was just about the perfect day of games. The four games delivered just the right...
A Series of Unfortunate Decisions
The Cardinals absolutely crumbled in the ninth inning yesterday. There’s no other way to explain how they went from up two with two outs to go for a win, to down four...
Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs
For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically, there is some overlap, but that’s even better! More games...
How the Tiebreaker Rule Impacts the MLB Playoff Race
The most consequential series this weekend is between the top two teams in the NL East, the only division race that still isn’t decided. The Braves host the Mets in a three-game set at...
The Undeniable Thrill of Waiting for Aaron Judge to Hit 62
I’ve never experienced anything like the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium the last three nights. The Yankees won all three games, the first on a walk-off grand slam and the third...
The MLB Playoff Race Is Getting Wild With Three Weeks to Go
We are three weeks away from the start of the playoffs, with the first game of all four wild-card series scheduled back-to-back-to-back. You can be sure that MLB will market...