After Milwaukee Brewers RP Josh Hader’s offensive tweets came to light following his All-Star Game appearance, souring the Midsummer Classic and causing a major embarrassment to his team, I personally expected sports agents, and especially MLB agents, to take notice …
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MLB Doesn’t Market Mike Trout but Claims It’s His Fault!
A lot of news broke over the All-Star Break. Between the Josh Hader tweet scandal that emerged during the All-Star Game, and the Manny Machado trade to the Dodgers, one story flew under the radar. Fittingly, it concerned Los Angeles Angels …
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MLB and MiLB PED Suspension Rundown Update #2
Now that the All-Star Break is upon us, it’s time to update my prior posts tracking PED suspensions at the minor-league and major-league levels. Information is courtesy of spotrac.com and milb.com. Minor-League Suspensions 1/12: Wilfre Delgado, RHP – CHC (72 …
Where’s the Accountability? End the Ump Show!
It’s an old adage among MLB fans that the more familiar one is with an umpire’s name, the more likely it is that said umpire is bad at their job. Fans also refer to diva-like behavior by umpires as the …
Big Sexy Career Milestone Watch: 244 Wins
As I predicted, on Monday night, Texas Rangers SP Bartolo Colón notched his latest career milestone with victory number 244, surpassing high-kicking Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal to become the winningest Dominican-born pitcher in major league history. Colón now …
There’s No Puking in Baseball
Sunday’s rubber match between the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers offered a strange spectacle to the home crowd in Wisconsin. Trailing by a score of 8-5, Brewers manager Craig Counsell assigned RP Adrian Houser to face the visitors in the …
Updated 2018 MLB and MiLB PED Suspension Rundown
UPDATE (7/16/18): I have updated this post to reflect the total suspension numbers for the first half of the 2018 season. After seeing the news of Robinson Canó’s PED-related suspension last week, I decided it was time to update my …
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Joey Votto Receives Social Media Flogging for Controversial Remarks
While most MLB fans were busily tweeting about the Robinson Canó PED-related suspension (update to this post now live!), Cincinnati Reds INF Joey Votto caused a social media tempest in his home country of Canada with some controversial remarks about Canadian …
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Sweet Schadenfraude
The LA Dodgers are off to a 16-24 start this season, good for fourth place in the NL West Division, and are 8.5 games behind the leading Arizona Diamondbacks. This is not at all what Dodger fans were expecting, as …
What Can We Expect from 2018’s MLB Comeback Kids and Extreme Veterans?
As you may be aware, former Giants ace SP Tim Lincecum has signed a one-year deal to make a comeback bid with the Rangers. This got me thinking about what other players are attempting comebacks this year as well as …
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