The Retaliation Game
Today is the anniversary of my late father’s favorite baseball brawl – it was Marichal vs. Roseboro; Dodgers vs. the hated Giants. In my household, good (the Dodgers) vs evil (the Giants). I don’t...
View ArticleDodgers down but not out
The St. Louis Cardinals may have a 3-1 series lead, however they are far from a lock to represent the National League in the World Series. In game 5, The Cards will send Joe Kelly to the mound (0-0...
View ArticleHere’s where the trouble starts
Madison Bumgarner hasn’t allowed five runs in 23 straight starts On Sunday night, the Red Sox beat the Orioles, 6-5 and then Monday morning, the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 7-6. If you are a Red Sox fan,...
View ArticleAround the majors report: Stats report
Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. 1) Yesterday, Dodgers P Zack Greinke became the 6th pitcher, since 1920, with 5+...
View ArticleCoffee and Clippings: Jon Daniels rises to fourth in seniority among MLB...
Gerry Fraley (@gfraley) of the Dallas Morning News discusses Texas Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels as he has become the 4th most senior executive in the MLB… With Doug Melvin’s resignation as Milwaukee general...
View ArticleAaron Nola’s Surprisingly Elite Curveball
Fourteen different hurlers have graced the mound as a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies so far this season, but unlike a financial portfolio, starting pitching diversification hasn’t...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: 2015 Winter Meetings, big dollars, and differing management...
NASHVILLE—I saw games in the late seventies at the Oakland Coliseum that had fewer people in the building than the Opryland Hotel, which last night housed more than 4000 guests, most, seemingly, in...
View ArticleVideo: Peter Gammons checks-in with offseason news and notes
Peter Gammons joins MLB tonight to discuss various offseason topics including the Dodgers filling the hole Zach Greinke left, the latest on Yoenis Cespedes, the Cleveland Indians chances in the AL...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Indians look solid, Cespedes, and more mid-January thoughts
Five mid-January thoughts: 1. Even though FanGraphs has picked the Indians to win the American League Central, there still is constant media speculation that they will trade one of their four...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Bullpen proves vital as pendulum of dominance continues toward...
The concern is that every night around 9 p.m. local time that games come to a halt. Ups, downs, trips to the mound, stalls, left-on-left for one batter, right-on-right for the next, and if they...
View ArticleTrade Paparazzis
One rule change that baseball has improved is the July 31 trade deadline. It has made the month of July an exciting month pennant races finally coming into focus for players on the field, fans in...
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