Tag Archive for ‘Major League Baseball’
Something worthwhile
Of course, Americans, at least those unable to think big, cannot embrace what is happening around the world. Yes, the (World Baseball Classic) has its critics, but there are two distinguishing characteristics of the party poopers: they are overwhelmingly American and they overwhelmingly don’t actually attend or watch the event. They preach from Barcalounger pulpits […]
Oil Can Comeback
All the 49-year-old Oil Can Boyd wants is a chance. For real.
Did McGwire get it right after all?
Joe Posnanski thinks so: And looking back you have to wonder if McGwire is the one guy in this whole absurd steroid mess who actually got it, the one guy who has come out of this thing with his dignity reasonably intact. McGwire refused to lie to make himself look better. He refused to turn […]
Bad logic of a bad system
Can I say that as someone who doesn’t really follow baseball, I’ve been pretty surprised at all the gnashing of teeth over the revelation that Alex Rodriguez was using steroids back during the period when Major League Baseball had no real testing and sanctions policy for steroids. Haven’t we reached the point where we should […]
Baseball’s parity
As Joe Posnaski points out in a recent Sports Illustrated column, 20 different Major League Baseball clubs have won a World Series title over the past three decades. During the same span: -22 different drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 -20 different golfers have worn The Masters’ green jacket -19 teams have won a D1 […]