A year after the team’s ugly 65-97 finish, manager Kirk Gibson has helped the Diamondbacks play winning baseball.
Two tales of thwarted romance, or at least romantic embarrassment, guest-starring the A’s and Giants.
We talk to Keith Law about the draft, we solve the beer temperature debate with a science guy, we talk about Bryce Harper and pitching prospects, and we do it all in under three hours. We hope you enjoy, and we hope you have free time.
Bob Geren is out and Ken Macha is in as the manager of the Oakland Athletics.
With the draft over, it’s time to get back on the transactions grind.
Jeremy finds out whether the consistency of release points matters on a pitch-by-pitch basis and pinpoints the pitchers who give batters the same look most and least often.
What are the implications of allowing teams to trade draft picks?
David Ortiz is enjoying an offensive renaissance, but to what can we trace his improvement?
Picking apart the rest-of-season numbers reveals some interesting flaws.
The tater trots for June 7: talking about Big Papi.
In his third column on Japanese-American player movement, Michael looks at the position players who followed in the wake of the unique Ichiro Suzuki.
Ray Fosse, the victim of history’s most famous home-plate collision, weighs in on Buster Posey.
The Twins’ 2011 struggles could have been foreseen, and not just with the aid of a crystal ball.