Just a two-game series this time
The Royals have one, like one game in their last 10. They are very awful. It is time to acknowledge that they are actually this awful as opposed to being a merely bad team on a rough stretch.
From Andrew Kyne at ACTA Sports on June 13, 2018:
Jake Arrieta's recent comments called attention to the Philadelphia Phillies’ infield shifts. The veteran right-hander complained that his team...
From Rachael McDaniel at Baseball Prospectus on June 13, 2018:
On Saturday, the Orioles were playing the Blue Jays, and they were losing just as they had lost the previous two games of the series, just as they had lost 43 of the 62 games they’d played in the season.
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The best shortstop pre-Ramírez may be Anderson’s closest comp
When the comp of Alexei Ramírez came up in the recent protracted discussions about the relative worth of the Chicago White Sox middle infield, I thought, damn, thunder stolen.
From SABR member Craig Muder at BaseballHall.org on June 13, 2018:
Babe Ruth was bigger than the game, evolving through deed and legend to become part of the fabric of American culture.
Today...
From SABR member Mike Bates on The Hardball Times on June 13, 2018:
I never meant for the number of kids in my household to outnumber the adults. That seemed unbelievably daunting. But then it happened.
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on June 13, 2018:
Ron Gardenhire’s experience in the game extends far beyond his 14 seasons as a big-league manager. The 60-year-old “Gardy” has also spent time as a coach and a minor-league manager ...
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz composed one of baseball’s greatest pitching rotations of all time
In search of that elusive interleague road sweep.
Despite their offense being completely quiet for 8 full innings on Tuesday, the Cincinnati Reds rallied late to send the game into extra innings, eventually thumping the Kansas City Royals to the tune of 5-1.
Following a delightful afternoon of cribbage, with which I managed to secure an 1876 Twenty-Cent Piece for winning (thank you very much, Fred) I was about to settle down for my afternoon snooze when a charm of hummingbirds happened upon my feeder.
Rays win a tight match on Duffy walk off
ST. PETERSBURG FL. A true bullpen day held the Blue Jays scoreless; Mallex Smith and Matt Duffy combined to push through the only run the Rays needed to emerge victorious today.