One thing is quite clear when listening to Matt Moore: he is very self-aware … now. Like most of us, however, that wasn’t necessarily always the case. When he spoke to the Rangers media for the first time since being traded from San Francisco on Friday, the obvious question came up pretty quickly: how about that […]
Furniture, Pete Incaviglia, and the Ohtani Splitter: the Incredible Odyssey of Chris Martin
December 11th, 2017: The MLB backdrop at the ballroom on the second floor of the Swan and Dolphin—hung this morning behind Alan Trammell and Jack Morris—has been taken down. In its place, a Yankees backdrop has been raised. Giancarlo Stanton is receiving his #27 jersey from the Yankees and taking questions from the media. Meanwhile, […]
Who’s better right now: Rafael Palmeiro or Tim Tebow?
He’s never going to play in the big leagues. Let’s get that out of the way right now. There are too many players, elite athletes who have spent their entire lives honing every seemingly-insignificant detail of their game to become the elite of the elite—this many years out of the game is too big an […]
The Art of Moving On
I still remember the exact seat that she sat in. I was six, and I was both frustrated and impressed that a girl was the fastest kid in my kindergarten class. I couldn’t outrun her, and I was in awe of her. So one day after recess, heart beating fast from the latest footrace lost […]
Nice to Meet You: Isiah Kiner-Falefa
There are utility players who can fill multiple positions in times where a starter can’t make a start, there are super utility guys who can provide impact while moving around the diamond a bit, and then there’s what the Rangers have: Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Kiner-Falefa doesn’t have many loud tools, but he does something that no […]
It’s not stealing signs if you buy them.
When your minor league players aren’t protected by the MLBPA and make about as much money as a carnival worker, you have to expect that some of them are going to occasionally sell off some gear to pay for whatever it is that these minor leaguers want to buy. Food? Soap? Who knows? At any […]