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Former World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval on Atlanta Braves roster
The 2012 World Series MVP joined the Braves after being released by the San Francisco Giants a couple of weeks ago. He started at third base in the final game of the regular season, going 0-for-2 with two walks in a 9-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Sandoval played 33 games for the Giants, […]
Continue readingHow with each passing day Major League Baseball keeps missing the point
The Sunday Funday Bunch has met via Zoom every Sunday for the past two months. It is an eclectic mix, including former Orioles players, those who played for other teams or other sports, writers, PR people, fans, sons and daughters. Sometimes the meetings last an hour, sometimes three, depending how long the stories go. These […]
Continue readingTim Kurkjian Baseball Fix: The history of the sacrifice fly is fascinating
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1986, Don Mattingly became the sixth player ever with three sacrifice flies in a game. They are fascinating. You don’t have […]
Continue readingAll the ways MLB teams could use new 26th man on the roster
The most intriguing MLB rule change, however, is the change from a 25-man roster through Aug. 31 to 26 players. I’ve long advocated for a change in roster size, an acknowledgement that pitcher usage — and the number of pitchers rostered — has changed dramatically in the last two-plus decades. For example, in 1977, six […]
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