Tag: Baseball
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Last year I kept a somewhat distant eye on MLB—catching just the highlights here and there—but a few storylines simply couldn’t be ignored. One was Shohei Ohtani’s miracle season: in his first campaign with the Dodgers, he dazzled fans by posting a .310 average with 54 home runs, 130 RBIs, and 59 stolen bases, becoming…
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I’ll admit it right off the bat: I’ve watched baseball for a while, and I still couldn’t fathom why people were labeling this one particular play—the Pittsburgh Pirates versus the Chicago Cubs on May 27, 2021—as the “Dumbest Play in MLB History.” Yes, I saw the chaos but could it really be that bad? Turns…
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Back in my very first blog post, I mentioned how my taste for baseball started in 1993 thanks to the classic Simpsons episode “Homer at the Bat.” A core memory of mine was Mr. Burns’s old-fashioned picks for his company softball team, which included guys like Honus Wagner and Cap Anson. The biggest laugh for…
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Spring Training has been full of surprises and unexpected shifts, both on and off the field. As an outsider with a passion for baseball, here are five quasi-random stories that really stuck with me this first week of the season. 1. Alex Bregman Makes a Statement with a Big Home Run In his spring training…
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After a wild baseball winter, spring training is in the air—and what a season it’s shaping up to be! From blockbuster signings to sizzling trade talks, MLB teams are stepping into spring with renewed energy and high expectations. A Season of Bold Moves The Mets made headlines by inking Juan Soto to the largest contract…
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While rereading my latest post—a rundown of the MLB’s Top 10—I realized I’ve been throwing around a lot of baseball jargon, some of which I barely understand myself. I gather terms and explanations from different sources and try to make sense of them, but can I really expect newcomers to instantly know what a “stolen…
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I was nine years old, sitting comfortably on our worn-out Belgian couch (the one that squeaked whenever someone blinked), when I first laid eyes on a baseball field—courtesy of The Simpsons episode “Homer at the Bat.” Up until that moment, I thought baseball was a made-up sport involving oversized chewing gum and hyperactive mascots. Turns out, it’s…
