Trevor Bauer still doesn’t get it
Mere days after I wrote about the penchant of accused athletes to find a friendly face in the sportswriting community to help them rehab their […]
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IDIOT OF THE YEAR: It's the final countdown (Nos. 10-1)
Here they are: The biggest dummies of 2023. Most of them are starting to take up permanent residence here. Read more…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency is more interesting without LA
The Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes are infinitely more interesting and illuminating than Shohei Ohtani’s free agency for many reasons: People have been allowed to report on […]
Yashinobu Yamamoto’s free agency is more interesting without LA
The Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes are infinitely more interesting and illuminating than Shohei Ohtani’s free agency for many reasons: People have been allowed to report on […]
Why is Juan Soto such a burden?
Juan Soto might be the best hitter of his generation. In the past 53 years, only six players have accumulated more fWAR than Soto has […]
Jerry Reinsdorf threatening to move ChiSox is an empty threat
As has often been stated on these pages, Jerry Reinsdorf hates Chicago White Sox fans. And White Sox fans hate him. That’s the only fundamental […]
Defending Trevor Bauer is never a good look
Photo: Getty Images Mookie, Mookie, Mookie. If you want to metaphorically throw a trash can through a window, at least do so for a person […]
MLB owners have reason to leak story about Padres taking loan
Certainly the timing fits. The overall aim, right as the baseball offseason was about to be upon us, seemed pretty clear. It definitely feels like […]
Didn’t like the World Series? Default to blaming Rob Manfred
Whether it matters that the World Series didn’t resonate with audiences beyond casual baseball fans is its own discussion. The lust for ratings is something […]
Bruce Bochy nearly manages Rangers out of Game 4 win
Bruce Bochy is lucky, at least at this point, that his Rangers have given him enough runway that he could get as itchy and sweaty […]