Worth the Price
I originally wrote this post in July 2010, just after David Price‘s first All-Star selection. With the news this offseason that he won’t pitch in 2023, I figured it deserved an update. Back before the 2010 MLB draft, a story…
I originally wrote this post in July 2010, just after David Price‘s first All-Star selection. With the news this offseason that he won’t pitch in 2023, I figured it deserved an update. Back before the 2010 MLB draft, a story…
Over the years, I’ve developed an eye for references to or images of baseball in other aspects of pop culture. More than just Andy Warhol’s baseball paintings or the wallpaper in a scene from Seinfeld, something in my brain will…
I suppose I’m a couple days late on the Barry Larkin post, but that’s because I don’t really have anything to add. I never had a strong feel either way for his candidacy, but I suppose I now see him…
I like to look at the All-Star Game as a yearly event, an annual summertime look at the best players in the game that year. I’m not into career achievements or voting for a guy each year just because he’s…
While enjoying the National League’s 3-1 victory over the American League last night, I found myself thinking back to some of the AL’s dramatic (and sometimes heartbreaking) victories over the past few years and one thing kept coming up: In…
You can now get this jersey with David Wright’s name and number on the back after he overtook Placido Polanco for the starting job at third base. Everyone with a blog will be breaking down the selections, so here are…
A glance VOTE WRIGHT! As we get into these final hours of All-Star voting, I will make one last point, offer one last piece of evidence that David Wright is indeed a deserving All-Star. He has the mark of greatness:…
Wright celebrates I’m not the only one who thinks David Wright deserves to start the 81st All-Star Game. I bet Carlos Delgado would agree, too. Just look at Wright celebrating after Delgado beat the Cubs with a walk-off single in…
As we approach the final 24 hours of All-Star voting, here’s a look at the jerseys David Wright has earned so far. Above is 2006 in Pittsburgh, when he took Ryan Howard to the final round of the Home Run…