I am going to share a personal story with you. About five years ago, I was interviewing for a job. I made it all the way to the final two candidates. There was me, who at the time had a solid track record and had the experience for the job. The other person I was [...]
In a recent interview with Phil Mackey of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities, Minnesota Twins’ GM Terry Ryan had this to say about his closer situation: “I think it’s a little bit early,” Ryan said, referring to Perkins’ experience level. “History says you might want to have somebody with experience… Usually people pitch themselves into that [...]
It was announced this morning that St. Louis Cardinal RHP Chris Carpenter will start tonight’s Game 7 on just three days. That will make Carpenter just the 12 starting pitcher to start on three days rest since 2000. Here are the results of the other 11… Player Date Gm# Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec DR IP [...]
Last night Albert Pujols had a historic game going 5-for-6 with three home runs, six RBI, and four runs scored. With his epic performance, he joins Tim Salmon as just the second player in World Series history to record at least four hits, four RBI, and three runs scored in one game. Rk Player Date [...]
Live scoreboard and win probability chart for Game 3 of the World Series courtesy of Fangraphs. Enjoy… Source: FanGraphs
With his stellar six-pitch performance against Josh Hamilton in the bottom of the eighth inning last night, St. Louis Cardinal LHP Arthur Rhodes became the 29th pitcher over the age of 41 to appear in a World Series game. Who is the oldest pitcher to appear in a World Series game you ask? The answer [...]
