So apparently they’re going to tinker with the mound placement in the Atlantic League. Did you see this? Did you hear about this? Moving it back is obviously going to cause the fabric of the pitching universe to collapse upon itself, but it’s still cool to try and tinker with century-old standbys. Move the mound…
The latest installment in the Marvel Comics film universe, Captain Marvel, is a baseball movie. From the outside, of course, it doesn’t look like one. It looks like a movie in which a woman, Carol Danvers, who can fire photon blasts from her hands and fly alien space crafts with ease, does many of the…
Have we considered this? Covering baseball, being immersed it, being able to walk up to it, listen to it, smell it and–albeit likely at the consequence of immediately revocation of my media credential–touch it, only increases the suspicion that it might actually suck. It lasts absolutely forever, demands constant travel, and touts a culture of…
Mickey Callaway on Brandon Nimmo's stomach ailment: "I guess he cooked some chicken, and didn't know how to cook or something. He was throwing up all night. We're going to have to teach him how to cook so he doesn't miss any more games." 🍗 — Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 27, 2019 Hello Brandon, welcome…
[PROLOGUE: It should be noted, after we absolutely roast this old ballplayer who was probably just having fun but in reality hates advanced stats, that after seven full major league seasons Aubrey Huff was 30 and Manny Machado was 25. We’re only talking five years difference, which is barely anything if you compare it to,…
The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia fell annually on February 15th. It was a great deal of fun by all accounts, and was celebrated for centuries, drawing a willing and rowdy crowd. It was a lewd, rude, and wildly popular festival that survived imperial Christianity until late into the 5th century. The day began at…
Marlins aiming to boost attendance by improving in-game experience. they are holding auditions for an in-game host, public address announcer, anthem singers and Marlins Mermaids. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 5, 2019 They should never have found her. “Find me a fish,” Derek Jeter had ordered one morning, before the infamous Miami dockyards had grown…
“And springtime brought me the frightful laugh of an idiot.” -Arthur Rimbaud And Pat Hughes says: As we pause 10 seconds for station identification. He says mental lapses are a thing of the past. It doesn’t hurt to raise his left arm. There was a playfulness— And Ron Santo says: I’m only eating a hot…
A field guide to how baseball players should interact with kids; a Tigers game just at the end of the world; and the anniversary of the Prince Fielder contract, the end of its own little world.
First to come up with the idea to sign Adam Ottavino: Brian Cashman First to know they were not going to sign Adam Ottavino: The Marlins First to contact Adam Ottavino: Brian Cashman’s administrative assistant First to come up with the idea of free agency: Marvin Miller First to print the blank contract: Josh, the…
It would make sense to extend the netting completely across the ballpark, and maybe just have the ballpark covered in plexiglass with holes for the athletes to breathe. Because in the end we really treat athletes as zoo animals: creatures to observe, admire, and fervently believe that they are not us. Getting money to play…
My aunt may be advancing in years, but she remains a sharply engaged holiday shopper, securing her entire bounty by the end of November. That means any requests of jerseys for presents had to be locked in before the start of the offseason in earnest. For a young man in his early twenties who thought…
Don’t think about the last time you attended a funeral in Pittsburgh. Don’t think about your great aunt’s funeral on one of those cold gray days the city specializes in. A city with less sunshine than Seattle; a city clouded in funereal gray. Your sister stands next to you, and your shoes sink in the…
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…
Last year the signature event of the baseball industry was held in an upscale Disney resort hosted in a tiny tax shelter of a town carved out of Orlando that had a reported population of 47 in the last census. With a single lobby and accompanying bar, the initial thrill of hanging out with all…