The flaw in judging those who don’t know everything that came before (the Billie Eilishs of MLB); the sadness in Ichiro torching teachers; the audacity of Joey Gallo flaunting his new threads.
Albert Pujols and Ichiro Suzuki debuted on the same day in 2001, but it isn’t the most hit-heavy debut date of all time.
Doug begins his annual stroll through the joys of watching non-pitchers pitch.
One manager crashes through the wobbly chair and the Marlins re-sign an outfielder older than the Angels’ new General Manager.
The Yankees re-up Suzuki, the Red Sox strengthen their rotation with Dempster, Sanchez goes back to Detroit and the Giants take sole ownership of the Torres-Pagan trade.
Sometimes, the player-value models disagree, and you get to make a choice. Make that choice.
Forecasting Japanese imports provides particular challenges, which teams will try to adjust for this offseason.
Ichiro Suzuki’s major-league career has been great, but, because of where he was born, it will be short. Will it be enough for Hall of Fame voters?