Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More
Tag: Tampa Bay Rays
Terry Francona’s Managerial Tree Is on Full Display, and Still Growing
Alex Cora’s Boston Red Sox and Dave Roberts’s Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing each other in the World Series. … More
Milwaukee’s Bullpen Does It All
In 2018, the trend of expanded bullpen usage got more intense and innovative. While the Tampa Bay Rays misses the … More
Is It Better to Be Smart, Or to Win?
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Oakland Athletics earned critical acclaim and notoriety for fielding competitive baseball teams … More
Excitement in San Diego
This Major League Baseball offseason has been terrific for trades and player movement, to the point that baseball is taking … More
Are the Cubs Legit?
This time a year ago, I wrote about the state of the Chicago Cubs, America’s lovable losers, who appeared poised … More