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Unpaid Water Bills Briefly Put Ravens And Orioles Stadiums In Jeopardy
Baltimore held its annual tax sale earlier this week, where bidders could vie for the right to take on unpaid taxes and water bills from property owners in exchange for the right to charge those owners interest or possibly foreclose on property if the bills remain unpaid. In theory, this allows the ...
Could This Single-A Catcher With One MLB At-Bat Make The All-Star Game?
All-star games are an inelegant but closest-we’re-gonna-get answer to beer-fueled debates on whether League’s Best Player could beat League’s Other Best Player in a game with the finest supporting casts available. Because the public gets to vote on the picks, the event is also very easy to fuck with...
Curt Schilling Says No One Denies Racism Exists, Denies Racism Exists
Curt Schilling, former Red Sox pitcher and possibly an adult who does not grasp the concept of object permanence, had questions when Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was the target of racial slurs at a May 1 game at Fenway Park. Jones respectfully said, in an interview published Tuesday, that S...
Josh Harrison Avoided The Hell Out Of This Tag
Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison tested the arm of Nationals center fielder Michael Taylor tonight, and he got beat to second base. However, Harrison, a known trickster on the base paths, beat the tag somehow....
Adam Jones Politely Says Curt Schilling Doesn't Know Shit About Being Black In Boston
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones did an interview with Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports about black players in baseball, racism, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, and more. It’s a valuable conversation with a lot of hearty answers from Jones. He shared what he thought was the dumbest thing people say (...
Venezuelan MLB Players Are Speaking Out About The Crisis Back Home
At the start of this season, there were 76 Venezuelan players on MLB’s 25-man rosters—the third most represented nationality after American and Dominican. It’s estimated that 80 more Venezuelans will sign with teams this year. They leave behind family and friends in a country that is growing increas...
Hansel Robles Provides A Lesson In Optimism
On his 15th pitch in Monday’s game, Mets reliever Hansel Robles delivered a high fastball to Diamondbacks outfielder Yasmany Tomás. The result of the play will be addressed in a moment, but please note this:...
It's A Shame The Mets Are So Bad, Because Zack Wheeler Looks Pretty Good
In six innings last night, Mets starter Zack Wheeler gave up one run and struck out six. That isn’t saying much in the context of a normal season, but it was a welcome sight for a Mets team that has gotten very little from its starting rotation this season. Wheeler left the game with the score tied...
Can The Rockies Actually Keep This Up?
After splitting a four-game series with the Dodgers over the weekend, the Colorado Rockies are 24-15 and in first place in the NL West. At this point in 1997 and 2014, the Rockies were 23-16. They finished 83-79 (not bad) and 66-96 (bad), respectively, and missed the playoffs both times. A few other...
Security Guard At D-Backs Game Grabs Live Ball, Rolls It To Left Fielder
The Mets’ Neil Walker hit one down the left-field line in the eighth inning of Monday’s game against Arizona. The ball boy got out of the way. The security guard? Well, he just stood there and casually rolled the ball to Diamondbacks outfielder Yasmany Tomás. It’s nice to help....
Aroldis Chapman's Injury Is A Relief
On Sunday afternoon the Yankees announced Aroldis Chapman would be sent to the disabled list with an inflamed rotator cuff. He’s expected to be out for a month. ...
Why Does Everyone Think Derek Jeter Was A Great Captain?
Whenever I tell a New York Yankees fan that my new book, The Captain Class, is a profile of the greatest team leaders in sports history, they inevitably say some variation of the same thing....
The Astros Keep On Mashing Grand Slams
The Houston Astros did the country a great service and put a damper on the Yankees’ Derek Jeter ceremony with several big dingers in the first-inning yesterday, including a grand slam from Alex Bregman....
Terry Francona Won't Stop Owning Rays Manager Kevin Cash In Increasingly Public Ways
Rays manager Kevin Cash played for Terry Francona on the Red Sox for three seasons and coached alongside Francona with the Indians from 2012-2014. He took the Rays job after leaving the Indians, and since then, Francona has welcomed Cash back to Cleveland by messing with him. In 2015, he played some...
The Braves Will Wring An Extra $30 Million Out Of Taxpayers For Traffic Control
The Atlanta Braves began this season playing in a shiny new stadium located out in Cobb County. The new ballpark cost local taxpayers nearly $400 million, and at one point, the county was forced to raise taxes to pay for public parks because they’d overpaid so severely for the stadium, which is alre...
Max Scherzer Tossed An Immaculate Inning After Being Hit With A 100 MPH Liner
Max Scherzer took a hard liner off his leg in the top of the fourth inning in yesterday’s game against the Phillies. Per Statcast, it was a 100 mph shot. He immediately fell to the ground, and took about four minutes to recover and test his pitches. ...
Aroldis Chapman Goes To Disabled List With Inflamed Rotator Cuff, Expected To Be Out A Month
The Yankees will be without closer Aroldis Chapman for about a month, sending him to the 10-day disabled list today with rotator cuff inflammation. ...
Ah, Yes, Let's Relitigate The Slide Rule Some More
Joe Maddon and Jon Lester have come out hard against MLB’s slide rule after it cost them a run in the fifth inning of yesterday’s loss against the Cardinals....
Delightful Squirrel Delays Baseball Game For Four Minutes With Innocent Romp
Today’s Minnesota-Cleveland game was delayed for 4 minutes and 28 seconds by that most fearsome of ordinary rodents: the squirrel. Just one squirrel. A single squirrel, scampering around the field, somehow proving too much for a team of dozen grown men. As Cleveland radio broadcaster Tom Hamilton ri...
Nationals, Bryce Harper Avoid Arbitration With Record $21 Million Deal For 2018
The Nationals have avoided arbitration with superstar Bryce Harper for next year, agreeing to terms of $21.625 million for the 2018 season—the right fielder’s last year guaranteed in Washington before he hits free agency....