Rays 12, Blue Jays 0: David Price was dominant, punching out 14 Blue Jays. Not literally. If he actually punched them out he would probably have been arrested. Rangers 9, Angels 5: Josh Hamilton and Elvis Andrus combined to go 6 for 9 with five driven in. Jered Weaver hung tough for a while on […]

Twenty-five years ago today, baseball saw one of its most amazing rallies, capped by quite possibly its all-time least-likely walk-off grand slam. On Aug. 29, 1986, the Tigers have a road victory seemingly in hand, as they led the hometown Angels by seven runs, 12-5, entering the bottom of the ninth. The game is all […]

Here are the five most exciting games from this week. For an explanation of how they were determined to be the best, see this article by Max Marchi. date game stars 08-21 Phillies @ Nationals ** box score 08-26 Nationals @ Reds * box score 08-21 Giants @ Astros * box score 08-22 Mariners @ […]

Yankees 22, Athletics 9:  Heavens to Betsy, this was bad. The grand slams were notable to be sure, but the 13 Oakland walks — 12 by the pen — simply beat this game with an ugly stick. The game was four and a half hours and started an hour and a half late due to […]

For your enjoyment on a lazy Friday, here’s some more Chernoff Faces. The only difference from last time comes in the hair. Stolen bases and Fangraphs’ Baserunning metric were used in defining the height and width of the hair, while the “style” of hair had to do with the player’s fielding abilities (also used Fangraph’s […]

Thirty years ago today, one of the era’s most infamous moments of player misbehaver occurred—Garry Templeton gave the fans in St. Louis the finger. St. Louis’ shortstop gave the 7,766 fans at Busch Stadium the gesture, and umpire Bruce Froemming issued Templeton a warning. Templeton didn’t back down, and gave another obscene gesture, earning an […]

After last week’s article about Don Wilson, Danny Thomas and Donnie Moore, I didn’t think I’d be writing about another possible baseball suicide so quickly. I certainly didn’t want to be. Unfortunately, the unexpected death of Mike Flanagan has again brought the baseball world up against the issue of suicide. Flanagan, who was found dead […]

Recently, the world heard the sad and shocking news that former pitcher Mike Flanagan died at the age of 59, an apparent suicide. The main tragedy is the loss of the person. Others can speak of that loss far better than I. What I can do is a retrospective of his playing career, looking up […]

Red Sox 13, Rangers 2: I would like to thank the Rangers’ pitchers for providing us with a pennant race in the AL West that we didn’t think we’d have. Carl Crawford was reanimated for this one and drove in five. Angels 8, White Sox 0: It’s not just about Texas’ pitching sucking though. It’s […]

Twenty-five years ago today, baseball witnessed one of its stranger fights. It occurred in the middle of the game like most fights, but this one didn’t happen on the field. It happened under the stands, away from the fans, the press, and the umpires. It occurred in Pittsburgh during a Pirates-Dodgers game. They key man […]