The Time Has Come for TV Replays in Baseball
June 14, 2011 by Peter Golenbock · Leave a Comment
Last night in Detroit, Rays outfielder Justin Ruggiano came flying around third and slid hard into home plate, avoiding the sweep tag of Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila. Ruggiano slid past the plate, spun around and nailed the plate with his foot just before Avila went to tag him again. (The second tag was further […]
Clearing The Bases: Designated Hitters
March 25, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Most players who are playing full-time at designated hitter this season we have discussed at other positions, so for this column, we will make it short and sweet, and only discuss the DHs that we haven’t gone over at any other point in this series of columns. The problem with selecting someone who is a […]
Post-Season Condensed by One Lousy Day
March 25, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment
In a breakthrough that was hailed as the forerunner of even more seismic shifts down the road, a special 14-man committee put together by Commissioner Bud Selig has announced the elimination of exactly one off-day from a postseason schedule that turned last year’s championship competition into a joke. Thus it remains a joke, a bad […]
