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 Derby.
I’ve been in one particular fantasy baseball league for 10 years now. We began it shortly after most of us had graduated from college in 1998, one of my closest high-school friends and other acquaintances of ours, both mutual and…
David Wright warms up beneath himself In the past week, David Wright has closed the gap on Placido Polanco for the starting slot at third base by nearly 118,000 votes. 118,000 votes! In a week! That’s 16,857 votes per day….
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…
Derek Jeter tied Mickey Mantle on Sunday night for the most at-bats in Yankees history: 8,102. That minor milestone doesn’t really do much for me. Next year is when it will be interesting. To this point in his career, Jeter…
Some fans and beat writers are looking at this road trip to Atlanta and Philadelphia as a make-or-break stretch of six games in the Mets’ season. But I think it’s already broken. This isn’t just about yesterday’s debacle against the…
Of all the stupid things Bud Selig has brought to Major League Baseball (shiny toupees and used-car-dealer suits on national TV during the home run derby among them), determining which team gets home-field advantage for the league’s championship by using…