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Rob Thomson Was the Phillies' Fixer " Until He Became Their Next Fix
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (287+ words) When it rains, it pours, if you're a struggling MLB manager right now. Days after the Boston Red Sox fired Alex Cora just 27 games into the season " nearly among the earliest firings on recent record " the Philadelphia Phillies did the…...
The Red Sox Cycle Comes for Alex Cora
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (374+ words) The Boston Red Sox dropped a surprise bombshell on Saturday evening, when they made Alex Cora " who'd managed the club in eight of the past nine years " the first victim of an in-season managerial change this season. Then again, Cora…...
The NL East Is Reverting to Historical Form
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (508+ words) For 14 consecutive (completed) seasons1 from 1991 through 2005, the National League was the Atlanta Braves" personal playground. Starting in the NL West " hey, don"t ask me how Atlanta is "west" " and then moving to the new-look NL East for 1994, the Braves took…...
Garret Anderson Was the Angels' Constant
1+ week, 2+ day ago (581+ words) Some athlete deaths hit harder than others " and Friday's news that longtime Anaheim Angels outfielder Garret Anderson had passed of a heart attack at the age of 53 hit me harder than most. When Anderson arrived with California in 1994, the Angels…...
The Strike Zone We (Think We) Want
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (698+ words) We've all done it at some point in our lives as baseball fans. Maybe it was in the upper deck at Yankee Stadium " or maybe just leaning against a chain-link fence at a Little League field. But we've screamed our…...
Home Again at The Trop, the Rays Are Back Where They Win
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (259+ words) Neil's Substack Home Again at The Trop, the Rays Are Back Where They Win It may be MLB's least-loved ballpark, but the Tampa Bay Rays have turned Tropicana Field into a real home-field edge " one they sorely missed last year....
How MLB's Big Extension Bets Are Changing
3+ week, 5+ day ago (125+ words) If it feels like early-career contract extensions for young MLB players are coming fast and furious in recent weeks, well, that's because they are. Samuel Basallo (BAL): 8 years, $67 million Tyler Soderstrom (ATH): 7 years, $86 million Jacob Wilson (ATH): 7 years, $70 million Pete…...
The Phillies' Win-Now Balancing Act Is Already Being Tested
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (327+ words) But still, in a tight division battle with the Braves and Mets " and maybe even the Marlins and Nats! " every game counts, and prolonged slow starts from most of Philly's veteran stars (from Harper and Kyle Schwarber to Trea Turner,…...
Live MLB Opening Day Neil-Cast!
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (48+ words) I write about sports using data, not hot takes. I break down trends, projections and strategy in clear terms so you can understand what the numbers actually mean. If you want smarter context on the NFL and beyond, this is…...
Overreactions, and regular reactions
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (196+ words) All listed times are Eastern. As mature, sober-minded baseball analysts, we know it's important not to overreact to any single baseball game, which represents just 0. 6% of any team's schedule in a marathon-like regular season that stretches out over more than…...