Watch enough well-pitched baseball games and eventually you will hear something similar to: “Mike Clevinger was stellar today, pitching a complete game shut out. He allowed just one hit and one walk over 9 innings, but was the benefactor of two double play balls. He faced the minimum.” “The minimum.” For those that may notContinue reading “The Three At-Bat Minimum: A Crazy Idea to Up Interest in Baseball (its different than the three batter minimum)”
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MLB Caps off a Disappointing Off-Season with Questionable Rule Changes and Proposals
With the one exception of the Houston Astros organization still appearing classless, its been a week of change for Major League Baseball. On Wednesday, the league announced the full brunt of rule changes that will be a part of play for this coming season. They are, in to particular order: The 25-man roster is nowContinue reading “MLB Caps off a Disappointing Off-Season with Questionable Rule Changes and Proposals”
An Update on MLB Sign-Stealing and Why Alex Cora (and Fans) Should Be Worried
The Houston Astros may have become the poster children for illegal sign-stealing, but they definitely weren’t the first or only perpetrators. When official news broke about their illegal use of a center field camera and a garbage can, we already also knew about a previous scheme that the Boston Red Sox ran using an AppleContinue reading “An Update on MLB Sign-Stealing and Why Alex Cora (and Fans) Should Be Worried”
A Re-visit: Astros and Warriors Both Dealing with Their Very Different Demises
Both foreshadowed on this very site in the past month, the Houston Astros and Golden State Warriors are both former champions of their realms that are now being disgraced in current times. During the Astros-Yankees ALCS this year I wrote about the rumors surrounding the Astros illegal sign-stealing. Well, just in this past week TheContinue reading “A Re-visit: Astros and Warriors Both Dealing with Their Very Different Demises”
Baseball Cliff Notes: World Series Game 7 Edition
I have a lot of thoughts about last night. I’m just going to give them, start to finish. Consider this like Cliff Notes. Early Innings Zack Grienke was absolutely masterful. His second pitch of the night was an absolute bullet hit by Trea Turner that Alex Bregman snared out of the air at 3rd base.Continue reading “Baseball Cliff Notes: World Series Game 7 Edition”
The Yankees are Concerned About Astros Sign Stealing. Should They Be?
In case the intro post didn’t make this clear, I love sports. I love them enough that if there is nothing better to do on a weekend afternoon, sometimes I will just turn the television on and watch whatever random game that I can find at my leisure. A few months back, I was havingContinue reading “The Yankees are Concerned About Astros Sign Stealing. Should They Be?”
Pick-Up Sports Talk: Cleveland 