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MLB trade deadline candidates — Arms
Don’t expect the fever dream that was last year’s deadline (Aug. 2), but there are still some impact pitchers who could be on the move....
75 years after Rachel Robinson’s husband broke the color barrier, progress is still pathetic in terms of American-born Black players
What do Tim Anderson, Aaron Judge, Byron Buxton, Mookie Betts, and Devin Williams all have in common? Of the 81 players that were selected for the All-Star Game, the aforementioned five represent the African-American-born contingent. ...
Oneil Cruz is old news after the MLB Futures Game
Pittsburgh Pirates’ shortstop Oneil Cruz is a freak of nature, and it’s beautiful to watch. Standing at 6-foot-7 — a full seven inches taller than his double-play partner Kevin Newman — Cruz is a mammoth at the plate, best exemplified by his home runs, which, albeit sparse, have looked effortless. T...
Is $15,000 per year a ‘living wage’? This rich boomer thinks so
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, a man who makes $17.5 million a year, told minor leaguers to shut up and be grateful this week amidst calls for a living wage for professional players who haven’t yet been called up....
Things are changing in baseball
Black baseball is coming back....
The A’s lone All-Star was set to fly commercial to LA — until a division rival saved the day
Being an All-Star is a good feeling, or at least I’d think so. Clearly, I’ve never been named an MLB All-Star, but the confirmation that you are in fact one of the game’s best players, getting to line up alongside several legends, and have that star next to your name on your Baseball-Reference page ...
The Home Run Derby was on some Mountain-vs.-Viper stuff
Juan Soto is going to win the All-Star Break in many ways, but the most significant might be by virtue of being the most thirst-inducing thoroughbred at the auction. It makes sense that he took the Home Run Derby a few days after the Nationals announced they’re listening to offers. There are a half ...
Juan Soto deserved cheers and jeers at All-Star Home Run Derby
LOS ANGELES — They cheered Juan Soto at Dodger Stadium last night....
For right now, there’s nothing Aaron Judge can do
Aaron Judge is a big dude, in every meaning of the word. He’s tall, strong, got lots of money and influence, and he even plays in the Big Apple. However, being a mammoth of a man comes with its downfalls: short door frames are a thing, getting into cars becomes much more of a hassle, it becomes much...
The rich getting richer: Why Soto to the Dodgers seems inevitable
On Tuesday, Juan Soto will be manning the Dodger Stadium outfield as a member of the National League All-Star team....
Juan Soto is on the trade block — and GMs better be prepared to break the bank
Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto is a 23-year-old superstar. In just four and a half years in the bigs, he has established himself as one of the best pure hitters in the game. He’s a perennial MVP candidate, a master of plate discipline — and now he’s on the trade block....
The Home Run Derby is Pete Alonso’s and Kyle Schwarber’s to lose
The Home Run Derby is meant to be one of the most exciting displays of raw power in baseball. Dingers here, dingers there, dingers everywhere! And ever since the competition’s rebrand in 2015, it’s been an incredible spectacle watching some of the biggest bats in MLB do their darndest to hit mammoth...
There will be no concessions strike for the All-Star Game
Negotiations between Dodger Stadium employees and their employer Compass Group/Levy Restaurants have gone well since the former announced they were planning a strike of the MLB All-Star Game and its festivities this upcoming weekend. They’ve gone so well in fact that the employees have decided to re...
The Royals are yet another reminder that COVID isn’t going anywhere anytime soon
With COVID now an American institution along the lines of hot dogs and baseball, stories about rising case counts, new variants, and unvaccinated athletes tend to go unnoticed. If you’re waiting for masks to go away before you go on vacation, you’re never going to leave your house. Anti-vaxxers bris...
Federal lawsuit suggests Cubs prioritized wealthy fans over the disabled, and we’re shocked
Who could have ever seen this coming from a family like the Ricketts?...
Cardinals offer fans a break from their regularly scheduled underachieving
It feels like Albert Pujols has received more attention this season than he did during his entire stint with the Angels. He was named an All-Star for the first time since 2015 under MLB’s new special selection designation. The Cardinals let him pitch during the ninth inning of a blowout. His peers a...
Texas cop fired as youth baseball coach for roughing up 9-year old
The distasteful actions/inactions of cops in Texas when it comes to dealing with kids are in the news again. Where have you heard this before?...
When does it stop? Shots fired near Little League game in North Carolina
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different outcome. That’s an evergreen statement to plenty of things in life but there isn’t a better example in America of it than our psychotic gun culture. The second known shooting in the last three months near a Littl...