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- 9 hours ago An Interview with Zac Gallen
AZ Snake Pit Photo by John E. Moore III/ Zac Gallen has partnered with Shamrock Farms Rockin’ Protein to launch a new product called the Gallen Gallon, a gallon sized jug of their protein shake. As part of their roll out, Zac sat down with us to chat about Rockin Protein and the upcoming season. I would like to thank Zac Gallen for sitting down with me and Rockin’ Protein for setting the meeting up! It is greatly appreciated! Below is my interview with Gallen, lightly edited for conciseness. ISH95: Why did you choose to partner with Rockin’ Protein? GALLEN: It doesn’t really...
9 hours ago - 13 hours ago Arizona Diamondbacks: April confidence poll
AZ Snake Pit Photo by Steve Boyle/MLB Photos via On the eve of the season, how are we feeling? March results Last time we checked in, spring training was kinda sorta beginning to get under way, with the early stages of the position battles just warming up. But there was still not very much actual data to go on, with barely a week’s worth of games, and as usual, anyone you know was typically gone by the end of the fifth inning. Unsurprisingly therefore, we did not have a great deal of change in the numbers between the beginning of February and the start of March. Here’s what we...
13 hours ago - 15 hours ago How many wins for the 2024 Diamondbacks?
AZ Snake Pit Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/ Our annual opportunity for the SnakePit writers to cover themselves in glory. Or not. Disclaimer: everything which follows was written before the sudden appearance of a wild Jordan Montgomery on our roster yesterday. In the light of that, you probably want to bump up everyone’s projections below by 2-3 wins. We polled the writers last year, and both myself and Dano In Tucson nailed the win total for the D-backs at 84. We’re back to defend our co-title this year, and the other 12 members of the SnakePit team have also...
15 hours ago - 19 hours ago Snake Bytes 3/27: The Diamondbacks Did a Thing
AZ Snake Pit Photo by Christian Petersen/ Who had the Diamondbacks signing three of the top 15 free agents from this winter? Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks to Sign Jordan MontgomeryTo address the issues created by the losses of Eduardo Rodriguez and Paul Sewald, the Arizona Diamondbacks went big, signing one of the best pitchers in this year’s free agent market to a short-term deal. Left-hander, Jordan Montgomery will slot into the Arizona rotation for the 2024 season and can vest a player option by making just 10 starts. The overall cost could max out around two years and $50...
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- Mar 5, 2024 GameThread: Tigers vs. Braves, 1:05 p.m.
Bless You Boys Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Tigers (6-4) vs. Atlanta Braves (5-5) Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., CoolToday Park, North Port, Fla.Media: MLB.TV (Braves feed), MLB Audio (Braves feed) Pitching Matchup: RHP Reese Olson vs. RHP Spencer Strider
Mar 5, 2024 - Mar 2, 2024 Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. is dealing with some right knee irritation
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. has some irritation around the meniscus in his surgically repaired right knee.
Mar 2, 2024
- 52 mins ago Orioles roundtable: Predicting breakout players, World Series chances and more for 2024 season
Baltimore Sun Orioles beat reporters Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich and editor Tim Schwartz give their take about how the 2024 season might play out.
52 mins ago - 52 mins ago For Orioles’ 70th anniversary, these players, managers, coaches were voted team’s 70 greatest
Baltimore Sun The 70 greatest Orioles, as voted on by Sun readers, are the subject of a Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum that debuts on Opening Day.
52 mins ago - 17 hours ago MLB Owners Unanimously Approve Sale of Orioles to Rubenstein Group
Eutaw Street Report In a bit of news that Birdland desperately needed today, after the week we’ve had around here, Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the sale of the Baltimore Orioles from the Angelos family to David Rubenstein’s group. MLB’s owners just approved the sale of the Orioles to David Rubenstein on a conference call. Officially official. […] The post MLB Owners Unanimously Approve Sale of Orioles to Rubenstein Group appeared first on Eutaw Street Report.
17 hours ago - 17 hours ago Rubenstein voted in as Orioles control person
MASN: School of Roch Ownership of the Baltimore Orioles has officially changed hands.Major League Baseball owners voted unanimously today, as expected, on David Rubenstein’s purchase of the team two months after the wheels were set in motion. And about 24 hours before the Orioles begin their pursuit of a second consecutive playoff berth.Camden Yards will be packed on Thursday for Opening Day. Rubenstein will be watching as the control person.“On behalf of Major League Baseball, I thank the Angelos family for their many years of service to the game and the communities of Baltimore,” commissioner Rob Manfred...
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- 11 hours ago What Alex Cora Recalls From Dustin Pedroia’s Red Sox Offseason Message
NESN.com While the Boston Red Sox got to work in the offseason, ex-longtime second baseman Dustin Pedroia intervened to insert his two cents during a dinner hosted by the organization in February. It’s rumored that Pedroia went full-out “Pedey” and relayed some roster recommendations to chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, among others. Red Sox manager Alex […]
11 hours ago - 12 hours ago WooSox GM Brooke Cooper Leading Worcester’s Path Forward
NESN.com WORCESTER, Mass. — Brooke Cooper has seen just about every responsibility within the minor league system of the Boston Red Sox organization. Now 10 years after joining the organization as an intern, Cooper became the third woman to become the general manager of a Triple-A team under the ownership of Diamond Baseball Holdings. “I’m really […]
12 hours ago - 13 hours ago Red Sox Reportedly Acquire Pitcher From Rays Before Opening Day
NESN.com The Boston Red Sox made a last-minute depth addition to their pitching staff on Wednesday evening, just 24 hours before opening up the 2024 season against the Seattle Mariners. Boston reportedly acquired starting pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa from the Tampa Bay Rays, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, in exchange […]
13 hours ago - 13 hours ago Red Sox Aren’t Running From Last-Place Finishes, 2024 Expectations
NESN.com The Boston Red Sox are looking to avoid their third consecutive last-place finish, and though the front-office chose not to make any overtures to the roster, the on-field contributors plan on finding success in 2024. It’s what Red Sox manager Alex Cora expects, anyway. Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic spent spring training speaking with members […]
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- 5 hours ago BCB After Dark: Take me out to the ballgame
Bleed Cubbie Blue The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will be the most critical player for the Cubs this year. It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s also the end of the winter. Tomorrow starts our busy season, so it’s good that you made it in ahead of the crowds. We’ve still got a few tables available. Let the hostess escort you to one. The season will start shortly. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or...
5 hours ago - 16 hours ago Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everything
Bleed Cubbie Blue The Cubs struggled through a painful spring training, and then Dallas Green made a deal that defined the 1984 team. The Cubs lost 91 games in 1983, two more than they had in 1982, the first year of “Building A New Tradition” under Tribune Co. and general manager Dallas Green. In fact, they had hovered around .500 as late as June 19, when they were 30-32, but went 41-59 the rest of the way, the worst record in the National League. That got manager Lee Elia fired. When spring training began in 1984, the Cubs had made just two significant player moves since the end of...
16 hours ago - Mar 27, 2024 BCB After Dark: Leading off . . .
Bleed Cubbie Blue Photo by Michael Reaves/ The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you who should be the Cubs leadoff hitter It’s another evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. We’re all waiting for Opening Day. Let us know if we can get anything for you. There are still a couple of tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the...
Mar 27, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 Cardinals 7, Cubs 2: And now, for real
Bleed Cubbie Blue Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Practice games are over, the season starts Thursday. The Cardinals defeated the Cubs 7-2 Tuesday at Sloan Park. Raise your hand if you care about the result. (Hoping to see no hands raised...) I sure don’t — this game was meaningless. The first time this year I’ll care about a Cubs/Cardinals game will be Friday, May 24 — almost two months from now — when the teams have their first meeting of the 2024 season in St. Louis. As far as this one’s concerned? As expected, most of the regulars played only a handful of innings before...
Mar 26, 2024
- 10 hours ago Visiting Dugout Podcast 39 — Detroit Tigers
South Side Sox Chrystal chats with Walker Kelly about the first series of the 2024 season Welcome back, friends! The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and the White Sox are, well, attempting to play baseball this season. The White Sox will host the Tigers for the first series of the season, and again about 70 times. I kid, but it certainly feels that way. Walker Kelly, new to the pod, joined to chat about the Motor City Kitties, the opening series, and how the team might fare in a pitiful American League Central. What’s going on in Tiger land these days? Grading the offseason...
10 hours ago - 10 hours ago White Sox announce Opening Day roster
South Side Sox Opening Day is almost here! | mlb.com Sez Getz: “Anyone following the White Sox has a level of curiosity of what this team is capable of. We have some really interesting pieces and players playing for something significant in their careers.” Uh, sure ... The Chicago White Sox announced their 2024 Opening Day roster on Wednesday afternoon: Your 2024 #WhiteSox Opening Day roster! pic.twitter.com/zUjiRA2lCh— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 27, 2024 14 of the 26 players on the White Sox opening day roster will be making their White Sox debut.—...
10 hours ago - 17 hours ago Our SSS White Sox predictions 2024: Turn and cough
South Side Sox Now it’s time for the scary stuff, as 16 staffers take a stab at soothsaying how sucky the Sox should be Once more, as it will undoubtedly be the final time in my life to type these words, let’s make it plain that the lead author of this story is the Returning Champion, as we begin another year of South Side Sox predictions. At publication time roughly 24 hours before the White Sox season got underway, 16 of us at South Side Sox risked mockery and embarrassment to enter our thoughts on the horrors that await us in 2024. Well, await the White Sox, at least. But that’s...
17 hours ago - 18 hours ago Our SSS MLB predictions 2024: NL domination
South Side Sox Sixteen staffers take a stab at how the coming baseball season will play out, with L.A. or Atlanta likely to take it all It will undoubtedly be the final time in my life to type these words, so let’s make it plain that the lead author of this story is the Returning Champion, as we begin another year of South Side Sox predictions. At publication time roughly 24 hours before the White Sox season got underway, 16 of us at South Side Sox risked mockery and embarrassment to enter our thoughts on the horrors that await us in 2024. (We also recorded a podcast about all of our MLB...
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- 19 hours ago Matt McLain had shoulder surgery and the Reds don’t know when they’ll get him back
Red Reporter Photo by John E. Moore III/ The 2024 season is off to a roaring beginning. Remember when Matt McLain had a little blip of a shoulder issue, got shut down, and then after a few days headed off to California for a ‘second opinion’ from a guy who’s famous for doing big surgeries? Well, after a couple of days of radio silence, it turns out the visit to the guy who does big surgeries did another big surgery, this time on McLain. The Cincinnati Reds announced this morning that their would-be 2B for Opening Day had his left labrum repaired (along with some cartilage),...
19 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Red Reposter - These Reds look awful familiar
Red Reporter Photo by Chris Coduto/ Here comes baseball! The Reds will start throwing and hitting baseballs for real money in just a bit over 48 hours as of this publication and I for one am prepared to see them go. First pitch against the Washington Nationals is set for 4:10 on Thursday with The Mayor himself scheduled to consummate the ceremony. So what are we lookin at here? How’s them Redboys? I gotta say, it smells an awful lot like 2009. I remember it being pretty repulsive back then, but I was a lot stupider. The parallels are pretty fun though. Check it: my favorite...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024 Cincinnati Reds set Opening Day roster (with one notable caveat)
Red Reporter Photo by Chris Coduto/ Who will be the 13th position player? Despite his torrid Cactus League play, I’d never gotten around to using a picture of Mike Ford in a Cincinnati Reds uniform this spring. It seems only right that he get that honor once, though given that the above is the lone image of him in the Getty files it figures to be the last. Ford was granted his release from the Reds on Friday after being informed he would not make the club’s Opening Day roster, part of a series of moves that saw Tony Santillan reassigned to minor league camp. It was also...
Mar 22, 2024 - Mar 20, 2024 Reds top prospect Edwin Arroyo to miss season with torn labrum
Red Reporter Photo by Aaron Doster/ Awful news continues in Reds camp. The Cincinnati Reds have a full-blown injury crisis on their hands. TJ Friedl is on the shelf with a busted wrist after diving for a ball in a meaningless Cactus League game, while Matt McLain’s oblique-turned-shoulder absence was exacerbated earlier today when manager David Bell mentioned that even ‘surgery’ was not off the table. Noelvi Marte isn’t injured - he’s just suspended. But the news got worse around camp late Wednesday, as The Enquirer’s Charlie Goldsmith relayed that top infield prospect...
Mar 20, 2024
- 21 hours ago Wednesday Rockpile: Breaking down the Rockies Opening Day roster
Purple Row Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 After roughly six weeks of rigorous spring training action and evaluation, the Opening Day roster has finally become clear after lots of speculation and theorizing, Now, as we wait for the regular season to begin tomorrow in Arizona, how will the Colorado Rockies initially set up for the 162 game marathon? Catcher (2): Elias Díaz, Jacob Stalling Entering the final year of the three-year extension he signed after the 2021 season, Elias Díaz will once again be tasked with catching the bulk of the 2024 season....
21 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Colorado Rockies Spring Training game no. 30 thread: Aaron Ashby vs. Ryan Feltner
Purple Row Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports It’s the final game of spring training before Opening Day on Thursday It’s the final day of spring training for the Colorado Rockies as they will face off against the Milwaukee Brewers one last time at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The Rockies have been busy at work combing the roster, announcing that Sean Bouchard has been optioned to Triple-A, paving the way for Michael Toglia to crack the Opening Day roster. Additionally, Alan Trejo has been selected for the team, but a corresponding move to open up space on 40-man has yet to...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 Affected by Altitude: Breaking News B-Sides
Purple Row Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Skyler and Evan are back with a second episode this week to discuss the Opening Day rotation, the Jake Cave trade, and the team-friendly extension of Ezequiel Tovar! For more information on the future of podcasts here at Purple Row, please click here! ★ ★ ★ The podcast Affected by Altitude is hosted by Purple Row staff writers Evan Lang and Skyler Timmins, who are incredibly proud and excited to be lending their voices to more great Rockies content for you to enjoy. Joining Evan and Skyler is a rotating cast of guests hosts to...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis
Purple Row Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 When it comes to making predictions for the coming MLB season, I tend to prefer writing a (very rough) SWOT analysis that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This strikes me as a more nuanced (and slightly different) approach to the topic at hand. So here’s my best attempt to write a SWOT analysis of the 2024 Colorado Rockies. (And for those of you who do this professionally, please bear with my amateur application of the form.) Strengths:...
Mar 26, 2024
- 15 hours ago Jace Jung promoted to Triple-A as Mud Hens announce 2024 starting roster
Bless You Boys Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Ty Madden looks to be staying at Erie a while longer, while Wilmer Flores and Brant Hurter are the top two pitching prospects promoted. When I previewed the 2024 Toledo Mud Hens roster the other day, we still had a couple of key roster questions. Those have mostly been answered as the Mud Hens unveiled their Opening Day roster for the season on Wednesday. They’ll start the 2024 season at home against the Nashville Sounds starting on Friday. The most notable name added to the roster is infielder Jace Jung, one of the Tigers...
15 hours ago - 20 hours ago 2024 Tigers season preview: Riley Greene aims to lift his game to the next level
Bless You Boys Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports Riley is a budding superstar but he will need to put it all together if he wants to live up to the hype. The 2024 season is nearly upon us so it's time to take a look at perhaps the key member of the Detroit Tigers youthful core. Patrolling left field on most nights will be the 23-year-old left-handed outfielder the Tigers selected with the 5th overall pick in 2019. Ever since he was drafted out of Hagerty High School, Riley Greene has carried with him a fairly lofty set of expectations. Immediately landing among the top 50 prospects in...
20 hours ago - 20 hours ago Wednesday Open Thread: Make your bold predictions for 2024
Bless You Boys Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Can’t wait to revisit these at the end of the year... One of my favorite pre-season rituals is the opportunity to make some genuinely wild predictions for the upcoming year. Sometimes the crazier they are, the more often they seem to become reality. We love to do this as a group for our annual roundtable discussion, but I figured it would also be fun to turn the crystal ball over to all of you and see what kind of predictions you have for the upcoming year. Will the Tigers have a breakout start to the season and be buyers at...
20 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 GameThread: Tigers vs. Rays, 12:35 p.m.
Bless You Boys Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Tigers (20-9) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (11-16) Time/Place: 12:35 p.m., Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.Media: MLB Audio (Rays' broadcast) Pitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize vs. RHP Ryan Pepiot
Mar 26, 2024
- 10 hours ago Totally Not Fake News: The Baseball Oracle, a good or bad thing for teams like the Astros?
The Crawfish Boxes Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via You sometimes never know what is out there to call the future… NEW YORK - With the MLB regular season fast approaching, it is time for fanbases to gear up to cheer for their team. The end game is the same: win it all. To win requires a lot of work, from player development and talent management to front office acumen. Even then, the seeming randomness of the postseason can leave everything to chance. Not that people don’t try to negate the chance element. Totally Not Fake News sources indicate that there is a somewhat...
10 hours ago - 15 hours ago The Starting Nine Predicts the 2024 Astros Season, Part III
The Crawfish Boxes Watch out AL. He’s baaack. And he’s meaner than ever. | Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Opening Day is tomorrow. Here’s Part Three of the Starting Nine’s 2024 analysis and predictions Astros fan in VA (Daniel May) The 2023 Astros never really got it together. Just when it felt like the team turned a corner, they suffered another setback. In 2024, I expect the team to be slightly better for three main reasons. Maldy is no longer the starting catcher. Swapping out a historically bad catcher for an above-average one (Y. Diaz) should result in a few extra wins in...
15 hours ago - 19 hours ago Did the Astros Do Enough to Keep Pace in the Wild (AL) West?
The Crawfish Boxes Ryne Stanek is now part of the Seattle Mariners. | Photo by Carmen Mandato/ The Texas Rangers are defending World Champs, and the Seattle Mariners addressed some shortcomings to close the gap with the Astros. We’re all very conversant about all things Houston Astros, but how did the other four teams in the AL West change from last season? Seattle Mariners Lost: LHP Robbie Ray, IF Eugenio Suárez, OF Jarred Kelenic, OF Teoscar Hernández, 1B Mike Ford, José Caballero, C Tom Murphy, RHP Paul Sewald, RHP Justin Topa, LHP Marco Gonzales, RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Isaiah...
19 hours ago - 22 hours ago New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros: Series preview
Pinstripe Alley Photo by Adam Hunger/ The Bombers open up the 2024 season in Houston for an all-too-familiar matchup. Our long national nightmare is over, and the regular season is just about upon us. The Yankees wrapped up their spring schedule on Tuesday, and have headed down to Houston to kick off the 2024 season against the Astros. We won’t be seeing Gerrit Cole on Opening Day like we hoped, but these are real games with real stakes, and there is much to be excited about. Thursday: Nestor Cortes vs. Framber Valdez (4:10 pm ET) Behind the injured Cole, Nestor Cortes gets the nod...
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- 19 hours ago 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win
Royals Review Photo by Omar Rawlings/ The Royals want to win on the field and at the ballot box Royals fans have seen their fair share of rebuild movements. Sometimes they pan out, like when they “flipped the switch” in 2011 with Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, and Lorenzo Cain, the group that went on to win two pennants and a championship. But more often than not, the youth movement has sputtered, prospects failed, people lost their jobs, and fans lost hope. The Royals underwent a youth movement in 2018 when the core of their championship team left...
19 hours ago - 21 hours ago Royals Rumblings - News for March 27, 2024
Royals Review Minda Haas Kuhlmann Anne Rogers contributed to this list of one big question facing each MLB team: Royals: Will the bullpen have enough power?The Royals remade their bullpen with strike-throwers who know how to pitch. Will Smith will be their closer to begin the season, but others will get opportunities, including James McArthur. To be clear, all have good stuff, and McArthur sits 94-95 mph with nasty secondary pitches. They all pound the zone and will be reliable in the back end of games. But the Royals are missing a fireballer — somebody who can dominate hitters...
21 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 What to know about Royals Opening Day
Royals Review Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, March 28 at 3:10 CT against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. Here’s what you need to know about Opening Day. Team Workout First, there will be a team workout open to the public at Kauffman...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 The 2024 MLB season predictions thread
Royals Review Photo by George Rose/ You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wins: More than 90: 2.0% 85-89: 8.8% 80-84: 22.5% 75-79: 38.7% 70-74: 23.0% Less than 70: 4.9% Royals position player WAR leader: Bobby Witt Jr. 92.2%; Vinnie Pasquantino 2.4%; Maikel Garcia...
Mar 26, 2024
- Mar 26, 2024 Miguel Sanó makes Angels’ Opening Day roster
OC Register The 30-year-old veteran third baseman, who hit at least 25 home runs in four major league seasons with the Minnesota Twins, was among the last group of players vying for a spot.
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 25, 2024 Season Preview: 2024 Angels believe they will surprise the baseball world
OC Register The Angels won 73 games last season and then lost Shohei Ohtani, without replacing him in the lineup or the rotation. Most pick the Angels for fourth place in the AL West and another losing season, but they have higher expectations for themselves.
Mar 25, 2024 - Mar 25, 2024 Angels 2024 season preview: How the roster looks
OC Register The Angels are hoping for bounce-back seasons from their starting pitchers and a revamped bullpen under the tutelage of a new pitching coach, but will it be enough to end their postseason drought?
Mar 25, 2024 - Mar 24, 2024 Lux, Miller lead Dodgers past Angels in Game 1 of Freeway Series
OC Register Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout against his former team on Sunday.
Mar 24, 2024
- 6 hours ago A Riveting Rivalry: Dodgers Open 2024 US Season Tomorrow Against Cardinals
DodgerBlue.com For generations, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers have…
6 hours ago - 7 hours ago Law Enforcement Agencies Decline To Confirm If Shohei Ohtani Reported Ippei Mizuhara
DodgerBlue.com The Los Angeles Dodgers are awaiting their first home game of the 2024 regular season, eyeing a push...
7 hours ago - 12 hours ago Los Angeles Dodgers Sign Will Smith To 10-Year Contract Extension
DodgerBlue.com The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Will Smith to a 10-year contract extension that runs through the...
12 hours ago - 12 hours ago Mookie Betts Connects With Dodgers Fans At Raising Cane’s
DodgerBlue.com On the eve of the Los Angeles Dodgers playing their home opener, Mookie Betts was welcomed by droves...
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- 7 hours ago Bob Uecker, 90, expected to broadcast Brewers' home opener vs. Twins, but workload the rest of season is uncertain
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Bob Uecker will be back behind the microphone when the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins.
7 hours ago - 14 hours ago New “Chourio" shirts now available
Brew Crew Ball Breaking T has dropped an awesome Jackson Chourio shirt just in time for Opening Day Entering 2024 as MLB’s No. 2 prospect, outfielder Jackson Chourio is ready to take the league by storm as he’ll start the season in Milwaukee with the Brewers. At just 20 years old, Chourio is set to make his MLB debut this week after signing a eight-year contract during the offseason that will keep him in Milwaukee for years to come. In three seasons across Milwaukee’s farm system, Chourio has played in 272 games, hitting .286/.347/.490 with 47 homers, 191 RBIs, 312 hits, 194 runs...
14 hours ago - 14 hours ago What’s new at American Family Field in 2024?
Brew Crew Ball Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK New scoreboard, expanded team store among biggest changes After an eventful offseason, the Brewers rolled out their brand new scoreboards and a team store expansion this past Monday. Those changes are among the many new things at American Family Field this season. Let’s take a look at what fans can look forward to when attending Brewers home games this season. New ScoreboardThe Brewers unveiled two new scoreboards, including a larger center field scoreboard and a brand-new scoreboard in right field. Both...
14 hours ago - 17 hours ago Milwaukee Brewers 2024 bold predictions and storylines to watch
Brew Crew Ball Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports BCB staff make bold predictions, pick storylines to watch with Opening Day on deck Our contributors at Brew Crew Ball are excited to get the 2024 season underway after an offseason that saw quite a bit of turnover across the league. Here are our bold predictions and storylines to watch for the Brewers in 2024. Bold Predictions Paul Dietrich: DL Hall is a serious NL Rookie of the Year candidate Someone needs to step up, right? Hall’s stuff had him on top prospect lists for five straight years from 2019-23, but his ugly 5.2 BB/9 number in...
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- 5 hours ago Twins-Royals series preview: Pitching matchups, broadcast information and injury report
Minneapolis Star-Tribune The Twins and Royals will begin their seasons with a three-game set starting Thursday in Kansas City.
5 hours ago - 7 hours ago Twins have Opening Day excitement as season begins in Kansas City
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Starting the season with the big club is a new feeling for some on the team.
7 hours ago - 7 hours ago Bob Uecker, 90, expected to broadcast Brewers' home opener vs. Twins, but workload the rest of season is uncertain
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Bob Uecker will be back behind the microphone when the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins.
7 hours ago - 13 hours ago Twins 2024 prediction: Different vibes, but still AL Central champs
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Prediction: The Twins, with depth and pitching concerns, won't win as many games as last summer, but they're still better than their rivals.
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- 5 hours ago NYY News: The time is upon us, Paul
Pinstripe Alley Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Opening Day has arrived; Yankees trade for “security blanket”; positional projections favor New York; why a Gumby deal never came together MLB.com | Will Leitch: Opening Day is here, and we can start to answer some of the questions we’ve been asking all winter. For the Yankees, the big question is the general crossroads the organization finds itself in; with one year of control over a superstar, two of the very best in the sport only getting older, and no clear-cut path to the postseason. The team should be good, but certainly aren’t...
5 hours ago - 14 hours ago Is the Yankees bullpen mid?
Pinstripe Alley Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees always churn out a quality bullpen, but projections aren’t so confident in the relief corps this year. Over the last ten seasons, no team has accrued more fWAR out of their bullpen than the New York Yankees. The margin is pretty wide too. The Yankees have 59.8. The Dodgers have 52.0 and the next highest is Houston in a distant third with 43.9. If you filter that range to the last three years, the Yankees aren’t an outlier but still rank in the top three with LA and Tampa Bay. Point being, this has been an...
14 hours ago - 15 hours ago Yankees acquire Berti in three-team deal, Rortvedt to Rays
Pinstripe Alley Photo by Rich Storry/ A three-team deal broke on Opening Day Eve between New York and the two Florida teams. The Yankees and Marlins have been much-predicted trade partners for a while now, and we finally got a deal done between the two — and that other Florida franchise. Jon Berti, the speedster who saw time at five different positions in 2023, comes to the Bronx, the Marlins get Rookie ball outfielder John Cruz, and the Rays picked up Ben Rortvedt from the Yankees. Miami also gets another young outfielder in Tampa Bay’s Shane Sasaki, who finished last season in...
15 hours ago - 16 hours ago Know Thy Enemy: The New York Yankees
Over the Monster Photo by New York Yankees/ Uggggggghhhh. What’s this team’s deal? You know what this team’s deal is. They are the team you hate. They are the team you will always hate. In the future — long after the MLB owners have replaced the entire season with an AI simulation, thus finally achieving their dream of operating a baseball league without having to pay a single human being to play baseball — you will still hate the Yankees. And they will deserve it. They stole a logo designed to honor fallen police officers. They implemented a ticket resale policy that is...
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- 6 hours ago DJ Stewart makes Mets’ Opening Day roster after surprise 2023 success
New York Post The Mets informed DJ Stewart he has made the team, manager Carlos Mendoza announced Wednesday.
6 hours ago - 8 hours ago Overhauled Mets have winning expectations after disastrous 2023
New York Post A team that enters this season with a much less starry roster than the past few years and correspondingly low expectations is aware of those expectations — and believes it can surpass them.
8 hours ago - 11 hours ago Yankees, Mets unpopular among sports bettors heading into 2024 MLB season
New York Post The betting public isn’t a fan of the New York baseball teams’ prospects for the 2024 season.
11 hours ago - 15 hours ago Opening Day postponed until Friday due to rain
Amazin Avenue Photo by Adam Hunger/ For the second straight year, Opening Day has been rained out. With rain forecast for Wednesday night through much of Thursday, the Mets made the decision to postpone Opening Day earlier this afternoon. The Mets will now kick off the season on Friday, March 29 at 1:40 p.m. at Citi Field against the Brewers. Fans who wish to go on Friday can use their tickets from Thursday. Gates will open at 11:40 a.m. while the parking lots will open at 10:40 a.m. More information on what to do if you have tickets and cannot attend can be found here. This is the...
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- Mar 17, 2024 Gamethread: White Sox at Athletics
South Side Sox Eloy Jiménez is back after being absent from the lineup the last few days. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Sit back, folks, it’s the game of the year! Happy Sunday and more importantly, happy St. Patrick’s Day! As if the White Sox don’t give enough reason to drink, at least today there’s a reasonable exception. In all seriousness, the team will visit the Oakland Athletics at Hohokam Stadium, with Nick Nastrini and Alex Wood facing off. #WhiteSox make one roster move: pic.twitter.com/zwTM5rxu1V— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 17, 2024 Prior...
Mar 17, 2024 - Mar 13, 2024 A few more thoughts about the Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas
Bleed Cubbie Blue Oakland Athletics Some words that needed to be written. Last week, I wrote this article critiquing renderings that had been posted showing what a new stadium in Las Vegas might look like for the Athletics, who have proposed moving to the Nevada city. My article contained factual errors regarding those renderings. I apologize for those factual errors. More information and facts about the renderings can be found in this Forbes article by Maury Brown, which I commend all of you to read. Tuesday, I said I wasn’t going to write any more on this topic because it had become...
Mar 13, 2024 - Mar 12, 2024 Progress report: Oakland Athletics
sandiegouniontribune.com Sizing up the Oakland Athletics ahead of the 2024 season
Mar 12, 2024 - Mar 7, 2024 The Oakland Athletics have new Las Vegas stadium renderings...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Oakland Athletics ... and I have thoughts (that echo the thoughts of others). Every time I write on this topic, discussion gets rather... well, spirited, shall we say. Civil, for sure, but spirited. So, here I go again, in response to the Oakland Athletics releasing renderings of what they say will be their new stadium in Las Vegas. First, here are the three other renderings besides the one at the top of this post: Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics They sure are pretty renderings, I’ll...
Mar 7, 2024
- 17 hours ago Healthy Disagreements with a Horse
www.thegoodphight.com Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Sometimes you want a round two. As the season gets underway, we all have our takes on certain players, good or bad. It’s time we put those to the test with a game I would like to call ‘Healthy Disagreements’. The rules are simple. Smarty and I have to come up with an argument for one Phillies pitcher we like in 2024 and the other has to come up with a counter-argument. It does not matter whether we believe in the argument or not, we just have to offer a counter. At the end, both of us also have to recommend a movie. It can be any...
17 hours ago - 20 hours ago 2024 season preview: Analysis of offseason moves across the National League East
www.thegoodphight.com Chris Sale is one of the bigger names to join the East in 2024 | Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Not a lot of marquee additions to the division this year The Phillies haven’t had the most exciting offseason, mostly concentrating on retaining or extending their own players rather than bringing in new players via free agency or the trade market. If you were frustrated by that lack of action and were concerned that their division rivals have been busy closing the gap between them - or in the case of the Braves, widening the gap (in the regular season, at least) - I have...
20 hours ago - 22 hours ago Rise and Phight: 3/27/2024
www.thegoodphight.com Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Less than 48 hours to go What is the latest forecast for Thursday’s home opener? Right now, it looks like the forecasted rain might bother the shore more than the city, but it’s still up in the air whether or not the team plays it safe and moves the game to Friday. That call will probably be made today, but who knows. On to the links. Phillies news: The time is now. For the 2024 Phillies, they need to win the World Series now because never might not be far behind. The team needs to close the gap between their Damage and...
22 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Healthy Disagreements with Austin DeCouta
www.thegoodphight.com Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports It’s time to play a little game. As the season gets underway, we all have our takes on certain players, good or bad. It’s time we put those to the test with a game I would like to call ‘Healthy Disagreements’. The rules are simple. Austin and I have to come up with an argument for one Phillies hitter we like in 2024 and the other has to come up with a counter-argument. It does not matter whether we believe in the argument or not, we just have to offer a counter-argument. At the end, both of us also have to recommend a movie. It...
Mar 26, 2024
- 23 mins ago Jason Mackey: Between 'extreme' talent, maturity and motivation, Oneil Cruz has a chance to become MLB's next star
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After a difficult 2023, the biggest story for the Pirates might be Oneil Cruz proving he’s in the “1% of the 1%.”
23 mins ago - 23 mins ago Pirates' Andrew McCutchen eager to quickly conclude 'cliffhanger' and notch 300th homer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Andrew McCutchen was stuck on 299 homers when he suffered a season-ending injury last year. He doesn’t want the pursuit of 300 to drag on.
23 mins ago - 19 hours ago Jason Mackey: 5 things that must happen for the Pirates to really break through in 2024
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From pitching to Oneil Cruz, the offense and fielding the ball better, here are five things that must change for the Pirates to win in 2024.
19 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Perseverance and patience pay off for Pirates relievers Hunter Stratton and Ryder Ryan
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Hunter Stratton and Ryder Ryan were surprise adds to the Pirates opening day roster. Their stories exemplify persistence.
Mar 26, 2024
- 3 hours ago Padres announce local cable options for 2024 season
sandiegouniontribune.com Padres' remaining regular-season games can be found either on Padres TV, Apple TV+, ESPN, FS1, FOX Sports or TBS
3 hours ago - 8 hours ago AJ Preller's trades have changed Padres history. Here's a look at his most notable deals.
sandiegouniontribune.com AJ Preller is entering his 10th full season as the Padres' chief baseball decision-maker.
8 hours ago - 10 hours ago A.J. Preller begins 10th season with a new boss, a new manager and a new urgency circling around Padres
sandiegouniontribune.com Padres President of Baseball Operations has built the Padres into a franchise that expects to win, which could ultimately contribute to his undoing
10 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Padres notes: Michael King builds up, Petco's operation ivy; pitchers optioned
sandiegouniontribune.com Michael King yields two home runs but strikes out seven in 4⅔ innings in final tuneup; Padres get rid of ivy in batter's eye
Mar 26, 2024
- 10 hours ago The SF Giants subreddit is clamping down on 'hate and negativity' about San Francisco
SFGate The moderators of r/SFGiants are trying to make the 117,000-member forum more positive.
10 hours ago - 16 hours ago SF Giants use die-hard Dodgers fan as first PA announcer after Renel Brooks-Moon
SFGate Carolyn "CJ" Silas has been Cal Poly's baseball in-stadium announcer for 22 years.
16 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 SF Giants are seeing ticket sales surge after offseason splurge
SFGate One Giants official said the team "will sell out" its home opener this year.
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 The SF Giants have made Oracle Park even nicer for their richest fans
SFGate Fans in the most expensive seats in the stadium will have new amenities in 2024.
Mar 26, 2024
- 7 hours ago Mitch Haniger is back where he belongs. Now he’s ready to win with the Mariners.
The Seattle Times Mitch Haniger should step to the plate on opening day to a standing ovation. It'll be a special moment for a player who is just happy to be back where he feels he belongs.
7 hours ago - 10 hours ago Mariners season predictions: National media on Seattle’s playoff chances in 2024
The Seattle Times The Mariners missed the postseason in 2023, but most national pundits don't anticipate that happening again this season. Here's a look at national predictions.
10 hours ago - 11 hours ago 2024 Seattle Mariners Farm System Overview: Tier 2
Lookout Landing Photo by Steph Chambers/ The minor league season is nearly upon us Welcome back, prospect lovers! It’s been a minute since the previous installment of this series (if you need a refresher, click here) and with the minor league season just around the corner, here’s the penultimate edition of LL’s prospect rankings. Enjoy! 7. Jonatan Clase, OF Age: 21 / B/T: S/R / Signed: 2018 / Final level in 2023: AA / MLB ETA: 2025 Clase, signed for just $35,000 out of the Dominican Republic, has been a tireless worker throughout his tenure as a Mariner and has become one of the...
11 hours ago - 15 hours ago Taking a deeper look at Jerry Dipoto’s trade history with the Mariners
The Seattle Times We plotted more than 120 trades the Mariners have made during Jerry Dipoto's time as head of baseball operations. Here's a look at what we found.
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- 6 hours ago A Riveting Rivalry: Dodgers Open 2024 US Season Tomorrow Against Cardinals
DodgerBlue.com For generations, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers have…
6 hours ago - Mar 12, 2024 Injury Bug Bites Red Sox Again In Spring Training Matchup Vs Cardinals
NESN.com With Opening Day just over two weeks away and on the heels of the announcement that Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito will have elbow surgery, Boston was delivered yet another injury. Pinch-hitting for Tyler O’Neill in Boston’s Grapefruit League matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, Rob Refsnyder was struck in the left foot […]
Mar 12, 2024 - Mar 5, 2024 Cardinals ace Sonny Gray could miss opening day start against the Dodgers because of hamstring
Minneapolis Star-Tribune St. Louis Cardinals ace Sonny Gray could miss an opening day start because of a mild right hamstring strain sustained in his latest spring training outing.
Mar 5, 2024
- 19 hours ago Tampa Bay Rays 2024 Spring Training Leaders
DRaysBay Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via It was a Spring to remember for some; for others a Spring to forget After six grueling agonizingly long weeks, Spring Training is mercifully over. The highly anticipated yet quickly yawn inducing schedule of about 30 exhibition games has reached its conclusion with the Rays and Tigers playing to a 3-3 tie on Tuesday afternoon. All of the meaningless statistics that will forever grace analytical websites will be the only thing to actually show that any games were played. Random minor league free agents, the occasional top...
19 hours ago - 19 hours ago Tampa Bay Rays acquire Niko Goodrum
DRaysBay Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via The Rays are adding a switch hitting versatile bench player on the eve of Opening Day The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring utility fielder Niko Goodrum from the Minnesota Twins per a report from Marc Topkin. Goodrum, 32, was a second round selection in the 2010 draft by the Minnesota Twins. A player that possessed solid tools but struggled to make an impact during his time in the minor leagues, Goodrum was able to stick around for a while due to his potential. He ultimately made his debut in 2017, but would be released following the...
19 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Rays Madness: final four matchups
DRaysBay Part 3! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning percentage. Each game is simulated just one time (higher seeded team bats second), and the results are final. You can catch up by reading part one and part two here. Here are the...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 25, 2024 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 28
DRaysBay Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Joe Rock’s special election gets us to the next round. Previous Winner Joe Rock, LHPAA | 4.50 ERA, 90.0 IP (19 GS) 27.3 K%, 8.1 BB%AAA | 3 ER, 2.2 IP (1 GS) 4 K, 2 BB As a cold weather, late bloomer at Ohio University (with a no-hitter on his resume) Rock was drafted 68th overall by the Rockies in 2021, and traded to the Rays this off-season for Greg Jones. Rock has the look of a starting pitcher, with a good body and fluid delivery, and solid extension thanks to his 6’6” build, although there are some...
Mar 25, 2024
- 10 hours ago Initial minor league rosters announced
Lone Star Ball Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via The Rangers have released the initial rosters for their four full season minor league affiliates The Texas Rangers have announced the minor league rosters for the start of 2024 for their full season affiliates. The AAA roster includes both the Duffys — Matt and Danny — even though Matt opted out of his deal a few days ago. Other free agent NRIs who are listed with Round Rock include Andrew Knapp, Chasen Shreve, Jesus Tinoco, Shane Greene, Adrian Sampson, Blake Taylor, Sandro Fabian, Derek Hill and Elier Hernandez. Grant...
10 hours ago - 18 hours ago The 2024 LSB predictions thread
Lone Star Ball Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Make your predictions about the 2024 Texas Rangers Opening Day for the defending champion Texas Rangers is exactly one day away. So it is time for an official predictions thread here on Lone Star Ball Dot Com. Make your official predictions in regards to whatever you feel like predicting for the 2024 Texas Rangers, or MLB in general if you like. I will start. In 2024: Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford will each appear on MVP ballots Jacob deGrom will pitch meaningful — and high quality — innings in the playoffs Jack Leiter will pitch in...
18 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 Montgomery to D-Backs, per reports
Lone Star Ball Photo by Harry How/ Jordan Montgomery is reported heading to Arizona Jordan Montgomery, a hero of the Texas Rangers playoff run and key part of the Rangers winning their first title, is joining the team Texas vanquished, the Arizona Diamondbacks, per reports. The 31 year old Montgomery was acquired by the Rangers from the St. Louis Cardinals at the trade deadline in 2023 in a deal that saw Thomas Saggese and TK Roby go to St. Louis. He was terrific down the stretch and in the playoffs, and there appeared to be mutual interest in Montgomery returning to Texas for 2024...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 Spring Finale Exhibition Game Thread: Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers
Lone Star Ball Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports One more before they matter They’re putting up the bunting and hanging the banner at The Shed as the world champion Texas Rangers will play one final exhibition against the Boston Red Sox this afternoon before the defense of their first ever championship begins in earnest on Thursday. RHP Dane Dunning gets a final tune up before the season begins for Texas against RHP Richard “Dick” Fitts (no relation) for Boston. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups RED SOX RANGERS Jarren Duran - LF Marcus Semien - 2B Rafael Devers -...
Mar 26, 2024
- 14 hours ago Pearson, Parsons and White Make The Opening Roster
Bluebird Banter PhotoPhoto by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via The Jays have made some roster moves: Making the team: Nate Pearson Mitch White Wes Parsons Optioned: Zach Pop Yariel Rodriguez (they want to build up his arm) Injury List: Jordan Romano Erik Swanson And “likely” Alek Manoah (He threw 34 pitches in a sim game today. It looks like the team wants guys who can give them innings in the last three spots in the pen. Wes Parsons is the one who surprises me. Parson had a 4.22 ERA in 10.2 spring innings. He allowed 10 hits, 5 earned, 8 walks, 3 hit batters and 8...
14 hours ago - 20 hours ago Today in Blue Jays History: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Walk-Off Home Run
Bluebird Banter Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/ Six Years Ago Today The Jays were playing a rather forgettable spring game in Montreal. Nothing much happened until the bottom of the ninth inning. The score was 0-0 when Vladimir Guerrero approached the plate, and the post titles gave it away. The great part is that if you listen to the clip below, Buck Martinez suggests what will happen as Vlad approaches the plate. I’m not Buck’s biggest fan, but he does a great job on the call of this. We wouldn’t see Vlad in a regular season MLB game until the end of April 2019. Since then,...
20 hours ago - Mar 26, 2024 2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 5-8
Bluebird Banter Two higher probability infielders, an enigmatic pitching prospect, and an outfielder with a knack for hitting The penultimate section of the 2024 Toronto Blue Jays Top 40 features three 2022 draft picks with very different professional experiences, capped off by a veteran of the system now on the cusp of the big leagues. 2024: Full List and Index | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40 2023: Full List and Index | 1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40Beyond the Top 40: Just Missed | Top 5 Older | Pref Lists: Matt...
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 26, 2024 Taco Stand – A Taco’s Guide To Opening Day
Bluebird Banter TACO STAND – A TACO’S GUIDE TO OPENING DAY Welcome to the Taco Stand, a tongue-in-shell look at the Blue Jays, Baseball, and other topics I tangentially connect to the two. In this edition, I will take you through a simple opening day tradition from around the Stand. Since learning that I have a bum ticker, I’ve been forced to make a few lifestyle changes, which, along with a veritable cocktail of pharmaceuticals, allow me to stave off Old Scratch a while longer. Unfortunately, these changes mean I can no longer fully partake in what had become my opening...
Mar 26, 2024