Box Score Banter 2024

BSB: The Agony and the EcstasyB

by Andrew Mearns 9/10

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The perfect emotional state of Phillies fandom can only be created in laboratories, and decays in nanoseconds.

BSB: Infield Ground RuleB

by Matt Sussman 9/09

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If you want something done right, figure out how to play pitcher and third base at the same time.

BSB: Scenes from the ApocalypseB

by Alexandra Whitley 9/06

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There's a winner and a loser in every baseball game, and the losing side is the person trying to make sense of it.

Box Score Banter: An Exercise in FutilityB

by Catherine Galanti 9/05

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Only some of this is the southpaw's fault.

Box Score Banter: Hell on Earth for HolmesB

by Andrew Mearns 9/04

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Some nights stick in a fan's mind.

BSB: The Best of IntentionsB

by Patrick Dubuque 9/03

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Someday maybe we'll have new x-stats, based on the results we expected to happen.

BSB: Rich Hill, Ranked; Jorge Soler, ConsideredB

by Alexandra Whitley 8/30

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Rich Hill threw 20 pitches, and we ranked them.

BSB: Big and BrightB

by Catherine Galanti 8/29

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In the end, they were always just going to be the Astros.

BSB: A Corbin CarolB

by Patrick Dubuque 8/28

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We're near the end of an era. More than one, really.

Box Score Banter: Randy’s RevengeB

by Andrew Mearns 8/27

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It's a dish best served from playoff position, but you take what you can get.

BSB: And Now For Something Completely DifferentB

by Matt Sussman 8/26

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It's a fair cop.

A Viewers’ Guide to Gillispie, Gillaspie, & GillespieB

by Alexandra Whitley 8/23

Some service analysis for the Gill*spe-impaired.

Box Score Banter: Flaher GunB

by Catherine Galanti 8/22

Do the Mariners deserve this? Does everyone?

Box Score Banter: Spoiler AlertB

by Patrick Dubuque 8/21

There was an expectation of how this was going to go.

Box Score Banter: The Joc-adeB

by Andrew Mearns 8/20

In a surprise to exactly no one, the celebration centered around a home run.

BSB: Thorough OuroborosB

by Matt Sussman 8/19

The only team that can stop the Diamondbacks are the Diamondbacks, and whichever team they happen to be playing.