A criticism of baseball today is that the pace is slow. I think one rule change could do much to deal with that issue. Simply disallow any visits to the mound from anyone-catcher, infielder, coach, manager-at any time except to remove the pitcher.
Reynaldo López attempts to compete with Lucas Giolito’s complete game last night
Are the days of bad drafts behind us?
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Kemp will get another chance to resurrect his career after being released by the Reds.
Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya had shocked the baseball world. Just over a month before the 2002 trade deadline, he acquired the most coveted player available, Bartolo Colón, in a blockbuster deal with the Cleveland Indians.
HOOVER, Alabama — The LSU and Mississippi State baseball teams met Friday for the second time in the 2019 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament.
The A’s have played just four games against the Mariners this year, and have managed to lose all four. Each of those losses has been frustrating in their own little ways, as the A’s have only been outscored by five runs in those four games...
Chick Gandil and Tris Speaker were cut from the same cloth. They were both intense, loud, hard-nosed players who weren't interested in making friends on the baseball field. They also weren't shy about expressing their opinions and, when challenged, neither backed down from a fight.
The Chicago Cubs were clinging to a slim lead atop the National League standings in July 1915 when they hosted the Cincinnati Reds in a two-day, four-game series. Two sets of doubleheaders had been scheduled on consecutive days.
The Colorado Rockies had played the first six games of their 2002 season on the road, earning only two wins. On April 8, a sellout crowd of 50,392 came through the turnstiles at Coors Field, full of excitement in celebration of the Rockies’ home opener against the Houston Astros.
It may prove to be a stroke of genius, perhaps forever changing the Major League Baseball draft, or a cultural changing nightmare, ensuring no one dares try it again.
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Suarez dingered! Yasiel Puig dingered! Exclamation points!
The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
The blown 5-run lead in Wednesday’s 11-9 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers was deflating in its own right.
