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 …
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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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2018 MLB and MiLB PED Suspension Rundown
UPDATE (5/21/18): I have published an updated version of this post with more recent information. Go here to see it! After seeing yet another tweet about a player getting a PED-related suspension cross my feed, I figured it was time …
MLB Pace-of-Play Rule Changes Focus on the Wrong Factors
LONG POST AHEAD! On Monday, MLB announced new pace-of-play rules for the 2018 season. Some baseball purists might not think this is even a problem, but Commissioner Manfred believes otherwise and seems to be concerned about losing viewership and attendance …
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Cold Stove and Winter of Discontent
The lack of activity regarding some of the top free agents available this offseason (Jake Arrieta, Yu Darvish, J.D. Martinez, et al.) has resulted in some noise being made by players and their agents about possible boycotts of Spring Training, …