Tag: Jay Bruce
Jay Bruce Saves The Day, But Not From Ray Ramirez
File that under “headlines you never thought you’d read in 2017”. Along with a lot of the other headlines from…
Read more »When Nothing Turns Into Everything
You never know when these kind of games are going to come. They’re the games that test your resolve whether…
Read more »The Annexation Of Philadelphia
The Phillies had every chance to put a big hurting on Jacob deGrom in the first inning on Monday night….
Read more »Mascots Tell No Tales
This has been an annoying weekend. First you had Saturday, where it had become abundantly clear that while the top…
Read more »Old Fashioned
This was always going to be a game with a little extra energy with Bartolo Colon coming back to the…
Read more »Mets Acquire New Voodoo Doll For Michael Conforto
When the Reds released former Tampa Bay Ray outfielder Desmond Jennings, I thought it was a remote possibility that the…
Read more »Ignorance Is Blisters
For those of you who have stuck with me for the last 12 years (and yes, it’s been close to…
Read more »It’s My Lede, So I’m Burying It … Thank You
<![CDATA[ Wednesday was about a Caucasian slow footed corner outfielder who once played football who is very lucky to be…
Read more »One Rib Lighter, Four Runs Heavier
<![CDATA[Matt Harvey's spring debut was highly anticipated. And in the first inning, it was a smashing success. His second inning?…
Read more »Hummin’ Along
<![CDATA[The Mets have had a good couple of days. None of it would have been possible if Luis Guillorme didn't…
Read more »Intangibly Overreacting
It’s always a challenge for us as a species to not overreact to the first game of spring training. Especially…
Read more »Jerry Blevins Completes A Bullpen Trilogy
Sandy Alderson, acting like a kid who had a summer project and waited until the last day to finish it…
Read more »Perspective Says Signing Tom Gorzelanny Is Monumental
Minor League deals aren’t the sexiest things in the world to discuss. Because when I talk about stuff like this,…
Read more »Now What Do I Do With This Moving Van?
I know exactly how Sandy Alderson feels. For days now I’ve been trying to trade proven veterans that make a…
Read more »Now I’m Worried
It’s a minor trade … a speck in the baseball world … but when the Orioles acquired Seth Smith for…
Read more »The One Where I Take Over The Winter Meetings
I’m like the guy at your family’s holiday functions that brags about the one good thing he did in the…
Read more »What Now, Brown Cow? (The Outfield)
With the off season now here, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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