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Miami Blues
In some ways, the Miami Marlins are Florida—overleveraged, overbuilt, and cruising blithely towards foreclosure while being ruled by a clownish, childish, tone-deaf, permanent cadre of special-needs elites. Less metaphorically, they’re a fucking bummer.
Reason for the Season
Hockey is still DOA, baseball postseason is a-rolling, the Nets played inside a casino and it wasn't on TV, Deron Williams allegedly wears a wig, and some NFL guy is a pillhead.
Baseball: America’s Racist Pastime
Brandon Phillips got really pissed earlier this week when Pittsburgh Pirate Jared Hughes plunked him. Baseball players get “unintentionally” hit all the time, but Brandon got extra heated and alleged that Jared called him “boy” during the altercation.
Big Surprise - At WAR with SABR
Right now the leading candidates for MVP in both the American League and National League make less than one million dollars… combined. Mike Trout is leading all of baseball with a WAR of +9.3 and Andrew McCutchen third at +6. What the fuck is WAR? It...
Improbable Trades That Could Save the 2012 Baseball Season
Doesn’t it seem like the 2012 Major League Baseball season is one of the most boring in history? Here are some trades that could save it.
Arigato, Ichiro
Ichiro Suzuki was special in Seattle in a way that few players are. By the numbers, it’s possible to argue he was overrated and not that good, but no number is ever going to convince me he wasn’t great.
Dickey on Fire
R.A. Dickey has the fastest knuckleball in baseball history and will be ruining the lives of hitters until they're eventually replaced with robots.
Colorado’s Wacky Pitching Woes
Will using four mediocre starting pitchers instead of five make the Rockies any good?
It's Always Next Year for the Royals
The cruel souring of promise is something my team, the Kansas City Royals, knows all too well.
Snitch-O-Metrics: Who's the Red Sox's Clubhouse Rat?
I've decided to profile each active player left from the Sox's 2011 roster and rate their XSP (Expected Snitching Percentage).
The Wide World of Balls - Haha, Dude Got Hit in the Sack!
This week Alex Gordon got a ball in the nuts and Lawrence Taylor earned more money to pay for his underage prostitutes.