MLB 14 Nov 18
SF Giants: Two Iconic Stars, Two Critical Questions to be Answered
The addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term (…)
The addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term (…)
Right now it’s difficult to envision the full effect of the San Francisco Giants’ recent hiring of former Dodgers General Manager (…)
Once the San Francisco Giants go through the process of selecting a new President of Baseball Ops and a new General Manager, those newly (…)
Willie McCovey 01/10/38 – 10/31/18 Willie McCovey debuted with the San Francisco Giants on July 30, 1959 at the age of 21. He played in (…)
As we plunge headfirst into the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers, I ask for a (…)
When San Francisco Giants Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer announced on September 24th that the team’s General Manager Bobby Evans had been (…)
You would think the sports section of a metropolitan newspaper would use modern analytical statistics to support their Major League (…)
Once again this season we’ve heard the same tired cliched comments about MLB player injuries: > “Wow is it me or (…)
We live in a time when ideology is more important than our basic institutions. When traditions and foundational beliefs are casually (…)
It’s odd to think of the 2018 New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers as being in similar situations as the July 31st non-waiver trade (…)
After the first 69 games of the 2018 season, the San Francisco Giants are 34-35, in third place in the NL West, some 4 games behind the (…)
What do you do when your MLB team’s organizational ratings have been in the bottom 20% of all thirty teams for the past 8 years? If (…)
2017 was a paradigm shift season for the National League West. With both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies under new front (…)
Let’s get one thing out of the way before those of you enjoying an adult beverage do a spit-take and waste good alcohol. Yes, it’s (…)
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As we careen into the first several weeks of the 2018 MLB season, it’s a good time to address the most annoying reoccurring baseball (…)
We recently reviewed a number of misleading offseason narratives being spun about each team in the National League West. Incorrect reads (…)
This is the tenth year in a row that Daniel Shoptaw has coerced dozens of baseball bloggers to answer a series of preseason questions about (…)
Traditionally Major League Baseball divides every season into the “first half” and “second half”, with the All-Star break being (…)
As Spring Training begins in earnest, it’s time to examine and correct several misleading narratives being spun about every team in (…)
As the San Francisco Giants begin Spring Training 2018 there are undeniable signs the team’s front office and executive management (…)
This offseason, Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein and General Manager Jed Hoyer have been laser-focused on (…)
Last season saw a rumbling tectonic shift in the battle for the National League’s two Wild Card playoff slots. The Arizona (…)
In late November of 2016, representatives of Major League Baseball were engaged in tense and critically important labor negotiations with (…)