Not all black and white: MLB must help bridge diversity gap
Today? The most prominent Black player is probably Derek Jeter, and he retired in 2014.
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Splitting time between Tampa and Montreal: The right move for the Rays
Simply put, the Rays need to switch it up. They currently receive the second-worst attendance in all of baseball, with the lowest payroll.
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Lovable Losers
I don’t know why I love the Cubs so much. They are consistent losers. Despite the historical mysticism, Wrigley Field is an outdated dump — my first seat at the park was directly behind a large support pole. But I do know that I love my family. I love being in Chicago. I love sitting in my grandfather’s den and watching him angrily storm out. I love Portillos, and I love laughing with my family.
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Time for change
Every game that the Indians play with that logo in circulation is a collective slap in the face to the Native American population. By allowing this problem to linger rather than striking down on it with great force, Major League Baseball is essentially saying to these people that it’s not a problem worth going to great lengths to solve.
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The safety net
If you take a look at every one of Major League Baseball’s 30 stadiums, you’ll notice a couple of universally shared features. A pitching mound located precisely 60’6” away. Four bases spread 90 feet apart from one another. Foul poles made of metal and colored yellow. Batter’s boxes and foul
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The white flag
To call this year’s version of the San Francisco Giants bad does not even begin to scratch the surface of the insufferable level of atrocity surrounding the team. Despite having retained the majority of last year’s core at the beginning of the season, the Giants find themselves out-tanking the San
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Lost in the cycle
But the game’s utter disappearance from the news cycle is legitimately worrying. And this isn’t the plot of some editors hell bent on destroying the MLB for some reason, any amount of time spent on Twitter will confirm that baseball simply doesn’t hold the same cultural relevancy as basketball or football at this point.
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There’s no A in “process”, but there should be
This is why I’m so excited about the 2017 Oakland A’s.
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Should the San Francisco Giants blow it up?
Even if everyone on the ballclub was completely healthy and meeting expectations, there is reasonable doubt as to whether this ballclub would advance deep into October.
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Much more than a win
Last semester, I wrote a column focused on how the Chicago Cubs were becoming more corporate and, in that vein, losing a little bit of their lovable essence. This was the end of April — not even one month into a Cubs season that would last for more than seven.
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