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Sensitive subject: Manu Ginobili isn’t first athlete felled by low blow
Even the venerable Vin Scully couldn’t help himself two years ago when an umpire got hit in his undercarriage. On Thursday, the San Antonio Spurs announced Manu Ginobili would be sidelined four weeks following testicular surgery after he got kneed in the groin by New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson on Wednesday. While the Spurs […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball weekend watch: Verlander makes his return
We’ll also see a pair of 2024 debuts: Jordan Montgomery makes his first start for the Arizona Diamondbacks after agreeing to terms late during spring training, while Justin Verlander rejoins the Houston Astros rotation after missing the season’s first three weeks due to a shoulder injury. Both pitchers endured rocky rehab starts, with Montgomery serving […]
Continue readingThe Shohei Ohtani experiment isn’t just working — it’s been perfect
At the time, that was a fairly common, if not quite universal, sentiment. It was too risky. Ohtani was a potentially special pitcher, and you don’t take chances with special pitchers. Just a year later, though, a crazy, risky suggestion would be the opposite: stopping the two-way experiment. Hardly anything has ever worked as well […]
Continue readingRed-hot Cub Anthony Rizzo smacks Pirates a day after disputed slide
Rizzo was on base four times for the second straight night just hours after learning from MLB brass that his eighth-inning slide at home plate in Monday’s game was deemed illegal. The result was a chorus of boos every time he came to the plate Tuesday. He responded in kind with a double, a home […]
Continue readingStrange But True Postseason Feats of 2015
The team that lost the World Series was the team that always seemed to be winning. … Whereas the team that won the World Series was the team that apparently decided holding a lead before the eighth inning was overrated. … Not to mention … The most dominant slugger of the 2015 postseason was a […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 3
On tap: Expect a heightened level of intensity in Los Angeles this week, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres Monday through Wednesday, only four days after a Zack Greinke–Carlos Quentin hit by pitch spawned a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams that resulted in a fractured collarbone for Greinke and an […]
Continue readingCards fume over tying hit in loss; Mike Matheny calls for expanded replay
Instead, his pitcher was ejected, and the Cubs tacked on two more runs in the inning and beat St. Louis 5-3 on Tuesday to sweep the Cardinals in a doubleheader for the first time in 23 years. “I saw it hit 2 feet foul right in the dirt, and it’s really hard to see whereabouts […]
Continue readingKen Holtzman, who threw 2 no-hitters, won 4 WS titles, dies at 78
His brother, Bob, confirmed the two-time All-Star left-hander’s death to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Holtzman had been hospitalized for three weeks while battling heart issues. The Cubs posted on social media that they were “deeply saddened” by Holtzman’s death. Holtzman was 174-150 with a 3.49 ERA and 1,601 strikeouts in 451 games (410 starts) over […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Bellinger, Hader top draft picks to avoid
Last week, we examined the players I feel most strongly about entering 2024. Today, let’s turn the tables and examine the players I’m most avoiding. Again, every player has value, and this year’s list is full of intriguing names — every single one of them a player I’d be happy to draft at a certain […]
Continue readingCubs eyeing second chance to sign Shohei Ohtani
More Teams. More Games. John Smoltz believes Shohei Ohtani is likely to end up with a team on the West Coast in free agency. (1:21) CHICAGO — If only the designated hitter rule had come to the National League prior to 2022. It could have changed the course of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani‘s career […]
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