What You Need To Know: The Cubs continued their series against the Giants tonight. Kyle Hendricks took the mound for Chicago while San Francisco sent Matt Moore to the rubber. Every win is a “needed win,” but tonight’s puts the Cubs within striking distance of first place, as cliches go. Hendricks was shaky through the first […]
Day: May 24, 2017
A Meditation on the Futility of Trade Speculation
One of the worst parts of being involved in baseball fandom and in a baseball writing community is slogging through trade season—both waves of it, in the doldrums of winter and in the dregs of midsummer. It’s joyless and unfeeling, utterly uninterested in analysis or meaningful dissection. Lustful tweets and posts and comments litter our […]
Kris Bryant’s Hidden Skill
There are so many things that Kris Bryant does well. He hits for power. He hits for average. He can play defense literally anywhere on a baseball field. He runs the bases with ease, both mentally and with sneaky speed. All of these things have culminated in him quickly becoming one of the best players […]