Bumgarner, Volquez, and Wednesday Night
In the end, all the debate about whether Clint Hurdle should have pitched Gerrit Cole or Edinson Volquez didn’t really matter all that much. Not when Madison Bumgarner left the Pirates bats silent...
View ArticleSteve Pearce Is Due
I’m waiting for that moment when Steve Pearce turns on 99 mph Kelvin Herrera fastball and deposits it in the left field bleachers. It has to happen. The Orioles players will stream from the dugout like...
View ArticleCould the O’s Use Chris Davis Now?
With the Orioles down two games and facing a steady diet of Royals right-handed flamethrowers, I suppose the obvious question is whether the presence of Chris Davis would have made a difference. Davis,...
View ArticleOn Randal Grichuk’s Day
Well before Randal Grichuk’s solo homer in the seventh tied Game 3 at four, he was at the center of the action in the first when he watched Travis Ishikawa’s triple hit off the wall and careen off to...
View ArticleBad Teams, Great Baseball
This past Friday, David Schoenfield on ESPN published an article that pointed out that this World Series features two teams with the fourth lowest combined wins in Series history. He even goes on to...
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Royals Defense, Bullpen Do Things Again
It takes a cruel man to fill out a lineup card with the likes of Alex Gordon, Jarrod Dyson, and Lorenzo Cain positioned in the expansive AT&T Park outfield. Does Nori Aoki make this catch in the...
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Yusmeiro Petit, the Legend Grows
Yusmeiro Petit can probably take this off now. I remember watching Yusmeiro Petit pitch against the Yankees last year when I had this random thought that “hey, this guy isn’t so freaking bad.” I hadn’t...
View ArticleMore Bumgarner Superlatives
Sometimes you have to tip your cap to the opposing pitcher, recognizing brilliance for what it is. A complete game shutout. Eight strikeouts. Four hits allowed. Madison Bumgarner has owned the 2014...
View ArticleVentura, Hosmer: Game 6 Super Fun!
To put last night’s Kansas City beat down of San Francisco into perspective, since 1903 there have been 66 games where either team has scored 10+ runs. Of those games, 18 ended with a team winning by...
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