Minnesota signs BP’s 11th-ranked free agent, as Nelson Cruz chooses the Twins over the Rays and the Astros.
This was a night in which Joe West seemed, once again, determined to be noticed.
“Is this it?” Your friend walks up and stands beside you. “Yup.” You look, aghast, at the immense pit of mud and fencing in front of you. Though the fencing separates you and the pit, as you continue to stare at it, you feel like it’s expanding, like it might swallow you up at any…
One of my favorite parts of being a baseball fan is the sheer breadth of the history that can be learned, the staggering number of huge immortal moments and small, glittering fun facts that come with being a fan of any team.
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
When teams shift, walks pile up. But where are they coming from and why?
No longer reserved for speedy contact hitters, the no. 2 spot in the lineup is suddenly home to superstars.
1. The crows complaining from the maple tree outside the window sound enough like that one row of fans in Philadelphia in 2006, Mike Lieberthal at the plate in the second game of the September 3 double-header against Atlanta, the one that isn’t the one where Ryan Howard hit three home runs. Lieberthal stands in…
Un puesto que ya no se reserva para bateadores de contacto rápidos, el segundo puesto en la alineación repentinamente es el hogar de las superestrellas.
Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak in games gets way more attention, because he dated a famous actress. Those games contained various at bats — a large number, when you think about it — where he recorded an out. And that’s fine. A hit on a given day is a sign that you contributed something, and to…
¿Cuántas tendencias identificadas durante la temporada persistieron hasta su final?
Once in Greece, I asked for a “Wednesday” (τέταρτη) kilo of feta instead of a “quarter” (τέταρτο). The lady behind the cheese counter in a grocery store in suburban Athens looked at me for a minute, told me my Greek wasn’t very good, and then asked me to repeat what I wanted. I’ve told that…