The Nationals a Team That Is Less Than the Sum of the Parts
August 2, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
Drew Storen’s demotion to Syracuse has caused more soul searching among Washington Nationals aficionados than it deserved. Storen’s ERA was 5.23 at the end of April and while he labored to get his groove back, lowering the ERA to 3.86 at the end of June, he melted down in July and when he was sent […]
Happily Ever After
October 30, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
Once upon a time, there was a baseball team. This baseball team wasn’t the richest team, though it wasn’t poor by any means. It wasn’t the strongest team and it wasn’t by any means the fastest team. It wasn’t even considered the best team within its region, much less in all the land. This team […]
B(oston) Is For Bandwagon
August 1, 2010 by Andrew Tuttle · Leave a Comment
While attending a Red Sox/Mariners game recently I saw a shirt that said, B is for Bandwagon. After laughing, I couldn’t disagree with that statement as probably 50 percent of the fans at a game 3000 miles away from Fenway Park were there for the Red Sox. And I was one of those fans. But […]