Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Buh bye Bally & ESPN As mobile phones and the internet-at-large ever further displace traditional media like cable TV, sporting leagues and the conglomerates that bring them to us continue evolving. Since we last saw our baseball-playing heroes (read in 1966 Batman announcer voice), the sports media landscape has undergone a few … [Read more...] about MLB’s media landscape shifts again
Spring Training Games 13 & 14: Braves at Twins / Twins at Rays
Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We have a bit of a Schrodinger’s Cat situation. Twins vs Braves First Pitch: 12:05 PM CT TV: None Radio: WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy Twins at Rays First Pitch: 12:05 PM CT TV: MLB.TV Radio: None Schrodinger’s Cat is a thought experiment from quantum physics demonstrating how particles can exist in two … [Read more...] about Spring Training Games 13 & 14: Braves at Twins / Twins at Rays
Spring Training Game 11: Orioles at Twins
Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images First Pitch: 12:05 PM CT TV: None Radio: Audacy Late thread! My day job caught up to me this morning and I missed out. Let’s all just imagine the thread has been up this whole time. Lineups Twins: P: Pablo Lopez Harrison Bader, RF Carlos Correa, SS Byron Buxton, CF Ryan Jeffers, DH Royce Lewis, 3B Ty France, 1B Christian … [Read more...] about Spring Training Game 11: Orioles at Twins
Twins Top Ten: Designated Hitters
On to the Sluggers Introducing “Twins Top Ten” Over the past few months, I’ve been taking a weekly look at the history of each position on the diamond and figuring out who is the best of the best since the franchise moved to Minnesota. This means that only players from 1961-on will be considered, but I will be taking into account their entire tenures with the franchise for … [Read more...] about Twins Top Ten: Designated Hitters
“Intentional Balk” review: The whens, whys, and hows of cheating in baseball
Geoff Burke-Imagn Images ...gonna be honest, I thought I’d already written this review. In 21st-century baseball, fans see cheating as universally scandalous. From the steroid-aided sluggers of the Aughts through the 2017 Astros and electronic sign-stealing, players and teams receiving the “cheater” label have been booed unceasingly, had calls for a championship to be … [Read more...] about “Intentional Balk” review: The whens, whys, and hows of cheating in baseball