Four months ago, the Minnesota Twins were headed for extinction, told they couldn’t compete in today’s game, that they were a drag on the baseball industry.
Today, the Minnesota Twins have the largest lead of any first-place team, seven games ahead of the Chicago White Sox, and are one of the best stories MLB has to offer.
Four months ago, the Minnesota Twins were headed for extinction, told they couldn’t compete in today’s game, that they were a drag on the baseball industry. Today, the Minnesota Twins have the largest lead of any first-place team, seven games ahead of the Chicago White Sox, and are one of the best stories MLB has…
Rob Dibble calls Shawn Estes a clown, Ken Griffey Jr. can’t decipher Bob Boone’s Stanford vocabulary, and Alfonso Soriano–apparently–has “larceny in his soul.” All that and more in this Week in Quotes.
I was sitting in a restaurant with my wife Saturday afternoon when my cell phone jumped to life. Jonah Keri’s words�”Darryl Kile is dead.”�rang just as false as those boys’ words had on that August afternoon 23 years ago. Yet, it was true, it had to be true, because while children may joke about such things, adults know better.
I remember August 2, 1979. I was eight years old, sitting on a stoop with my friend Arthur, when some older kids came by and told us that Thurman Munson had died. We didn’t believe them. Then another kid came by and said the exact same thing. And what were the chances of two kids…
TAKE THAT BACK "[Dibble] was unprofessional and uninformed. He said there was no retaliation after Mike got hit. This is the reason people switch off ESPN, because you have people with no knowledge of the game or the English language presenting the game we love." —Bobby Valentine, Mets manager, on ESPN commentator Rob Dibble questioning…
To test your mettle, we’re offering a quiz on contraction. Let’s see how closely you’ve been paying attention and how well you understand the new math that Major League Baseball has unveiled during its current round of labor negotiations.
Joe Sheehan shares a number of scattered thoughts on MLB, ranging from Ben Grieve’s surprising standing in the All-Star voting, to Edgardo Alfonso’s Mattinglian career path, and much more.
Before we get all excited about Coors Field looking like Coors Field! this week, let’s remember that the Yankees have been scoring like an NBA superstar in all parks this season. They can rake, and three games don’t tell us all that much. It wasn’t just that run scoring in Denver was down for two…
Let’s say-just for the sake of argument, you understand-that you’re a die-hard baseball fan and you can’t figure out the "new math" propounded by Major League Baseball owners hell-bent on contraction. Let’s say, for the sake of history, that you’ve got more than a few gray hairs on your noggin, if you have any hair…
Let’s check out the Florida State and California Leagues.
What in the world is Jerry Manuel doing?
From 1999 through 2001, Keith Foulke was the best reliever in baseball, with a 2.49 ERA in 274 1/3 innings. He led all relievers in Michael Wolverton’s Adjusted Runs Prevented in that time, and was an integral part of the White Sox’ AL Central title in 2000.
It’s been brought to my attention that many of you are using illegal drugs. I’m not accusing you, in particular, no. But you know who I’m talking about.
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