Game Thread #132: A’s at Astros
Brett Anderson will take the mound in game one of the high-leverage series.
Brett Anderson will take the mound in game one of the high-leverage series.
With the Harper era coming to an end in Washington, I was curious about the 'Harper wave'.
Astros’ Current Record:
80-50, first place in the division and 1.5 games ahead of the second place A’s. The Astros have kept pace with the A’s winning ways since the teams last met, and have won five in a row overall.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The first Sooner Athletic Conference men's soccer weekly honorees of the year keyed recent upset victories for their respective teams. Science & Arts of Oklahoma's Jack Bancroft became the league offensive player of the week...
From Richard Sandomir at the New York Times on August 24, 2018:
Tom Clark, a prolific and empathetic lyric poet who hitchhiked across England with Allen Ginsberg, wrote a biography of Jack Kerouac...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The first Sooner Athletic Conference women's soccer weekly honors of 2018 go to Science & Arts of Oklahoma's Emma Rice, who became the offensive player of the week, and John Brown's Caitlyn Logan, who is the defensive player of the week.
pain and joy, joy and pain, all in a day’s work being a Mariner fan
Because it’s not an off-day without a little bit of bad news, the Mariners made this announcement today:
#Mariners recall...
Pop your top button and take in all the glory of a Carlos Rodón start, on baseball’s biggest stage
From SABR member Gary Cieradkowski Jr. at Studio Gary C on August 25, 2018:
From SABR member Adrian Burgos Jr. at La Vida Baseball on August 27, 2018:
My girlfriend and I are visiting DC in September and part of that trip is checking off 2 more ballparks of my lifetime bucket list. We're going to watch our guys play the O's on the 12th and I was...
From SABR member Alan Nathan at The Hardball Times on August 27, 2018:
It was “perhaps the most remarkable pitching performance in the nine-year history of the Amazin’ Mets,” gushed Gotham City sportswriter Dana Mozley after 23-year-old flamethrower Nolan Ryan surrendered a single to the first batter he faced...
Edwin’s case for the Cy Young is a little stronger because everyone else in the American League is struggling.
The rotation is once again in flux with the loss of Sean Manaea to injury.