Only the Chicago Cubs deserve to look back onto the 2016 Major League Baseball season. For every other organization, it is now time to look forward. That made the timing of Saturday's Fall Stars Game, the showcase of the Arizona Fall ... (Continue reading)
Though sports are fueled by speculation, opinion and debatable assertion, baseball—to borrow a tidbit from our country’s Declaration of Independence (h/t to Thomas Jefferson)—holds certain truths to be self-evident. Among them is that playoff baseball is a different brand of the ... (Continue reading)
To baseball fans east of the Mississippi River, San Francisco is a place where luck strikes in even years and baseballs splash into McCovey Cove. It isn’t until October that the San Francisco Giants crash sports pages around the country. So ... (Continue reading)
To baseball fans east of the Mississippi River, San Francisco is a place where luck strikes in even years and baseballs splash into McCovey Cove. It isn’t until October that the San Francisco Giants crash sports pages around the country. So ... (Continue reading)
Even without a career that includes six All-Star appearances, four Silver Sluggers and three seasons in which he finished in the top 10 in NL MVP voting, Chase Utley would forever remain in the baseball lexicon. All because of one play. Utley ... (Continue reading)
Johnny Cueto's tenure with the San Francisco Giants had begun in earnest just a few hours prior with his 2016 debut, a start against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park in which the right-handed pitcher guided his team to a ... (Continue reading)
Get used to the ear-to-ear grin Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda flashed for almost the entirety of his major league debut against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. We saw it before his second at-bat in the fourth inning. ... (Continue reading)
If the Los Angeles Dodgers head toward disaster this season, left-handed starter Scott Kazmir won't be driving the car. Kazmir is like the guy sitting in the back seat on a long road trip. He has no influence on whether or ... (Continue reading)
Here’s what is certain about the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting rotation: Clayton Kershaw. Things that are questionable about Los Angeles’ starting pitchers include everything else. The team allowed Zack Greinke to sign with the Arizona Diamondbacks this winter. Brandon McCarthy, who ... (Continue reading)
There's a scene in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me that I can't help but relate to Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson. Austin sits in bed and comes to the sudden realization he's "lost his mojo." We've heard ... (Continue reading)