Former big leaguer Dave LaRoche is currently serving as pitching coach in the Toronto system. He talks with David about his successes with both his fastball and eephus pitch.
Jeff Francis sums up the improbability of Colorado’s pennant, the Yankees and Angels search for new leaders, and Dusty settles into the Queen City.
After last night’s drubbing tied the series, the ALCS will now need all seven games to determine who advances to the World Series.
The most unpopular Red Sock of all came up big for all baseball fans last night, giving us those magical two words: Game Seven
Can the Red Sox summon up the mojo that served them so well in 2004? Or will the Curse of Rocky Colavito go dormant?
Josh Beckett’s gem inspires research into the best back-against-the-wall pitching performances of all time.
A long leash for one starter and the increasingly automatic October greatness of another produced a big Boston win.
Umpiring mistakes were again a problem in Game Five of the ALCS, while turnover in the Bronx invariably involves controversy.
The Senior Circuit’s surprising champs are mostly the product of a multi-channel home-growth player development system.
Dan runs down the 2007 leaderboards in baserunning metrics, and crowns a player who helped his team the most on the basepaths.
Turning to baseball’s short-stack division, where there’s an increasing divergence between the Angels and the other three teams.
The Tribe’s skipper has come a long way, fulfilling the early promise that his GM and one famous former manager identified at the outset.