Team Contributors – Bat Flips and Nerds

Trevor Rogers: The Big Unit Jr.

June 5, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

I think you could field a team with all the players on IL in the NL East and that team could win you a division. Mets have been injured, Phillies have been injured, Braves have guys breaking their hand just

the Royals’ losing streak was a blessing in disguise

June 5, 2021 Sander Grasman Baseball, Team Contributors

The start to the season was nothing short of a miracle for the Kansas City Royals. They never had a losing record during the entire month of April, even topping out at six games above .500 on the last day

San Francisco Giants: Kevin Gausman, Cy Young contender?

May 21, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

Kevin Gausman fidgets on the mound in the late afternoon Cincinnati sunshine, taking in his surroundings at Great American Ball Park, home of the Reds. Gausman, the San Francisco Giants’ ace pitcher, actually used to call this place home, for

This is Not A Drill. The Mariners have called up Jarred Kelenic

May 13, 2021 Bamos Appleby Baseball, Team Contributors

I woke up on Tuesday morning, May 11th, to a million push notifications. Funny, I thought. I thought the Mariners had an off night last night? I swiped them aside and toddled downstairs ready to watch my usual breakfast baseball.

Miami marlins: expect the unexpected

April 28, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Best part of watching baseball every day is that I think it’s like surfing. Sometimes you get to ride the wave. Everything is going great. You get the win. Everybody played well. Then the wave breaks, game over and you

The Joy of The Closer

April 16, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it

San Francisco Giants: Compliments to Crawford

April 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

Brandon Crawford arrived at the Giants’ Oracle Park with the warmth of the morning sun on his shoulders. It was a beautiful day for San Francisco’s home opener as they hosted the Colorado Rockies to begin a three game series.

Let’s get tipsy: Reflections on the Mariners opening series of 2021

April 10, 2021 Bamos Appleby Baseball, Team Contributors

There’s a magnificent James Acaster routine (I mean, all James Acaster routines are magnificent, but there’s a particular one that is relevant here) about drinking that I was thinking about over opening weekend. “There are four things you can be

Miami Marlins: (Almost) Everything hurts

April 9, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

I googled “greatest pain in the world” and for my surprise Miami Marlins baseball team offence was not on the list. It had cluster headache, frozen shoulder, broken bone, heart attack etc but I guess the writer of the article

How does the Red Sox 2021 Outfield Stack up to THAT 2018 one?

April 1, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

It’s been said quite frequently recently that the Red Sox have now lost their championship-winning outfield from 2018 with Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. all moving on to pastures new in the past two years. That 2018