Nick Castellanos Is The Phillies’ Himbo Hero
We love Nick Castellanos. He's hot, he hits home runs, and he's got a knack for turning would-be solemn moments into communal experiences of amusement on the unpredictability of baseball, and life usually. If he has a flaw, nonetheless,...
MLB Prospects Are Getting Promoted Faster Than Ever. Why?
This season, Jackson Holliday has recorded two plate appearances against a pitcher younger than he's. Years may pass before he has a 3rd.After being drafted No. 1 overall out of highschool last 12 months, Holliday, the Baltimore Orioles’ top...
An Unsuccessful Attempt To Prove How Weird The Phillies Offense Is
The Phillies have some weird-ass hitters that love the extremes. Even the nice ones could possibly be described this fashion. Trea Turner had a very slow start that he has now thoroughly bounced back from; he has a 3.7...
Joy Is Where You Find It, Even If That Means In St. Louis
The decrepit old laundry hamper with shoes typing this had at all times pegged (or possibly just pigeonholed) Defector Comrade Ellis as a keen and practiced skeptic, someone who viewed the world with equal parts misplaced hope and jaundiced...
An “Old-Fashioned Pitchers’ Duel” Didn’t Always Mean What You Think
Baseball's history is so long and variegated that the term "old-fashioned" can check with absolutely anything. You can use it for the cosplayers within the park who play without gloves but with Civil War beards. You can use it...
What Are The Padres Trying To Tell Us, With Justin Halpern
It will not be remotely the worst thing about what has been a reasonably miserable waste of a season, however the Recent York Mets haven't been bad in an especially interesting way. They've done what I assume you'd should...
I Apologize To My Beautiful Son Trea Turner, Who I Never Should Have Doubted...
Was I completely satisfied when my beautiful, fast son Trea Turner returned from his long study abroad program on the West Coast to live near me again, as God intended? In fact! I was thrilled! I was still pleased...
Mark Lerner Loses His Appetite For Sentiment, Pulls The Plug On Stephen Strasburg’s Retirement...
It was the Washington Nationals organization that reportedly initiated conversations with disabled former pitcher Stephen Strasburg over the summer about finally formally announcing the top of his baseball profession at a team press conference, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9....
The Rangers Are Going Quietly
Now that the football dreadnought has pulled fully into view—the games are starting and there are only a few holdouts left now that Nick Bosa got his steamer trunk delivered—all the opposite things are about to be crowded out...
Jose Altuvé Has Found The Range
Vile skittering gremlin José Altuve of the Houston Astros is suddenly the most popular player in baseball. Jokes about cheating are welcome here. I'm sufficiently old to recollect a late summer Astros run when a hot-hitting Altuve was so...