I realize that it’s rather déclassé to refer to Kris Bryant as unlucky. The man is a millionaire, a model, a professional baseball player, and—this is, perhaps, the most infuriating part—by all accounts an extraordinarily humble and well-adjusted young man. In other words, he falls into the category of persons whom you’d least like to run […]
Day: May 18, 2016
Ross Retirement Party: Out With a Bang
It’s a very strange thing that a guy can by 39 years old and on the verge of retirement. And have the nickname “Grandpa” to boot. It’s also probably strange that I have felt compelled to write about David Ross on now more than one occasion in this young season. I mean, sure, we’re all […]
Game 37 Recap: Brewers 4 Cubs 2
It’s tough to blame the Cubs. I mean, who the hell likes Tuesdays? Tuesdays are the work week’s purgatory. Tuesdays are Wednesday’s Monday. Nothing good happens on Tuesdays, and that played out tonight in Milwaukee. The Brewers’ Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Kyle Hendricks gave up four earned runs in 5.1 […]