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Scooter Gennett Blasts Four Homers As Reds Bury Cardinals 13-1

The Cincinnati Reds’ Scooter Gennett had himself a night....

Carl Yastrzemski's Silent Summer

This piece was originally published in the October 30, 1978 of the New Times. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....

Phillies Legend Mike Schmidt Trashes Phillies CF Odubel Herrera [Updated]

Mike Schmidt is perhaps the greatest Phillie of all time. The Phillies, as you probably know, have been the worst team in baseball so far this season. But Schmidt works for the Phillies as a color analyst on weekend home games, so you’d expect him to refrain from trashing the team when he appeared ...

The Astros Are On A Record-Breaking Pace

The Astros whacked the hell out of the Royals last night, beating Kansas City 7-3 to extend their win streak to 11 games. It was the kind of game good teams win all the time, in which the Astros’ starter only lasted five innings and the 1-5 hitters went 4-21, but two homers and five RBIs from the 7 ...

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Brandon Phillips Is Not Happy That The Reds Let Someone Else Wear No. 4

Brandon Phillips spent a decade wearing No. 4 for the Reds before the team dealt him away this winter in a transaction that was years in the making. While Cincinnati had been trying to move Phillips since 2013—very logically, as they have no shortage of middle infield prospects and he’s in his mid-t...

More Bad News For The Sad, Sad Mariners

This week briefly looked as if it might be a rare good one for the Mariners. They won four games in a row! They moved out of last place! With the return of James Paxton, only two of their three best pitchers were on the disabled list! But that happiness has proved fleeting....

Kenley Jansen Is Off To A Record-Breaking Start

The Dodgers’ pitching staff racked up a whole lotta strikeouts against the Brewers last night—a record-tying 26, as part of a 12-inning win that featured 42 Ks in total between the two teams. Clayton Kershaw got the spotlight for recording his 2,000th strikeout, but Kenley Jansen also hit a mileston...

One Useless Man Is Called A Disgrace, Two Are Called A Law Firm, And Three Or More Become The White Sox<em></em>

And by God, I have had these White Sox!...

Marlins Reporter Saved By Reflexes, Well-Placed Clipboard

A screaming foul liner off the bat of Paul Goldschmidt was headed straight for Craig Minervini’s, er, “midsection” tonight until the Marlins sideline reporter deflected certain disaster with a well-placed clipboard:...

Pro Sports Mascots, Ranked

Everyone knows that Mr. Met, unjustly persecuted this week, is the best mascot. What this ranking presupposes is: Of course he is, but we can prove it scientifically....

White Sox Fans To Endure One More Partial Season Of Hawk Harrelson

Ken “Hawk” Harrelson announced yesterday that he has changed his plans to broadcast White Sox games until he dies in the booth and will instead retire following next season....

It's Been A Rough Week For The Cubs

The Cubs have been hovering around the .500 mark all season, following their championship with a performance that’s alternately been reminiscent of last year’s dominance and, uh, very much not so. A week after it looked like they might have finally hit their stride—winning seven of ten to launch the...

A Comically Low Number Of People Went To The Marlins Game Yesterday

The Miami Marlins employ good baseball men like Ichiro, Giancarlo Stanton, and Marcell Ozuna, yet they’re still a sick sort of joke played on the rest of the major leagues. The fish boys are owned by Jeffrey Loria, a comic book villain sketch of an MLB owner who swindled Miami in the worst stadium d...

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Mets Manager Terry Collins Ejected After Umps Reverse Ball Boy Interference

Today, the Mets found themselves in minor drama that had nothing to do with a rebellious mascot. The umpiring crew initially ruled that the Milwaukee Brewers’ ball boy had interfered with Wilmer Flores’s attempt to catch a fly ball, but after the officials convened to discuss, they reversed the call...

Welcome To The Jason La Canfora Orioles Minute

Over the last few seasons, NFL reporter Jason La Canfora has emerged on Twitter as a particularly outspoken Baltimore Orioles fan. The Jason La Canfora Orioles Minute is an irregularly recurring feature in which we check in with La Canfora on the O’s....

Report: Bird-Flipping Mr. Met No Longer Allowed To Be Mr. Met

Last night, Mr. Met gave us the highlight of the New York Mets’ season when he gave the finger to a fan. It was fun and good, mostly because the visual of a grinning Mr. Met giving some jamoke the finger is a pleasing visual, and also because it was no doubt deserved. Unfortunately, the Mets were no...

Mets Apologize After Mr. Met Gets Caught Flipping The Bird At A Fan

The Mets lost to the Brewers tonight by six runs. Aside from Eric Thames’s big dinger, what happened on the field was not particularly notable (the Mets lose all the time). However, right next to the field, Mr. Met provided the highlight of the night when he flipped off a fan who was videotaping the...

The Astros Keep Jacking

The Astros swept the Twins in Minnesota this afternoon, hitting six home runs in the process....