IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2023: The complete rankings
Welcome to the grand finale of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities. Here’s hoping 2024 will be better. It probably won’t. Read more…
American League
10 more for the worst of 2023 (Nos. 30-21)
Photo: Getty Images Brad Bohannon was axed from Alabama’s baseball program on May 4 for “among other things, violating the standards, duties, and responsibilities expected […]
Shohei Ohtani makes his decision
Photo: Getty Images The biggest star in baseball has a new home. Shohei Ohtani has signed a 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles […]
Every trade between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
Photo: Getty Images Alex Verdugo was meant to be the crown jewel return in the trade that sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers. […]
Let's rejoice as baseball's biggest villains were eliminated
After Bryan Abreu threw three pitches in his Game 7 ALCS relief appearance, FOX’s broadcast couldn’t help itself, salivating that Major League Baseball made the […]
The Rangers-Astros ALCS is far from over
The first two games of the American League Championship Series played out as if Major League Baseball’s scriptwriters wanted to show how far the Rangers […]
Will the Texas Rangers please PLEASE knock off the Astros?
Was it inevitable? One won the American League West, while the other led it for most of the season and was forced to go the […]
Tamp Bay Rays Game 1 record-low attendance is disgraceful
Call it an all-around epic fail. To start Major League Baseball’s postseason, the Rangers defeated the Rays in front of a large, stadium-filled-to-the-gills crowd! Just […]
The Rays-Rangers winner will advance to the World Series
The winner of the Rays-Rangers Wild Card series should ride that momentum into the Fall ClassicPhoto: Getty Images Here’s your de facto American League Championship […]
Picking our MLB American League award winners
Shohei Ohtani, your 2023 American League MVP. Photo: AP Despite being on a near-last-place team, despite the injuries, and despite the speculation of where he […]