Some baseball players are stars, burning bright in our night sky year after year, dazzling us with their effervescence and majesty. Others are nebulous gases -- full of potential, capable of becoming stars, but never quite taking that step to stardom. Even rarer are the comets: players that flash across the sky in a blaze... Continue Reading →
Early-season stat lines lend themselves to absurdities. Cody Bellinger is on pace for 109 home runs and 306 RBI, for example. The Red Sox are on pace to win 32 games. Mike Trout is on pace to slash .385/.553/.923 (okay, that one might actually happen). One of the biggest early surprises of the season, though, has... Continue Reading →
Baseball fandom knows two speeds. Either your team is a lock to win the World Series, or they're on track for the #1 pick in the 2019 MLB Draft. That idea is more true than ever during the first week of the season. After just 5 games and 3% of the entire regular season, fans... Continue Reading →
A new baseball season means a new season of Standing Room Only's "Case of the Mondays," a weekly blog post to catch you up on all the storylines and action from the weekend in Major League Baseball. 1. Weird Baseball, 1.0 Opening Day 2018 was delayed by a day in Detroit due to inclement weather,... Continue Reading →
After a baseball offseason that felt more like a Siberian winter than a patented MLB Hot Stove, the regular season has -- finally -- arrived. The problems of a miserable offseason (I feel you, Mike Moustakas) can be left behind. Some free agents still remain out in the cold, but for most of the teams... Continue Reading →
Brett is a Cleveland Indians fan. I am (sigh) a Detroit Tigers fan. So, yes, we are unabashedly letting our emotions and our fandom show during this podcast. In this division preview, Brett bemoans the slow offseason for the Cleveland Indians (yet remains hopeful of their playoff chances), Scott attempts to make the case for... Continue Reading →
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