Nice to see the big club take two of three from those Cubbies, right? And hey, our new guy Kolten Wong got on base (albeit on an error) and scored a run. Progress! Also for those who couldn’t listen to it, here’s the link to my interview about Oscar Taveras and Kolten Wong for ESPN [...]
Friday night, after the Cards/cubs game (and replay) was over, I was watching the Yankees/Red Sox. Once that was over, I switched to the Reds/Brewers tilt. (Wife went to bed early, and the kids are at their dad’s this weekend) After that glorious walkoff, I kept the party going, and switched to the Cleveland/Oakland [...]
I’ve often mentioned that the good folks at University of Nebraska Press send me books to review and Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998 is no exception. Fran Zimniuch takes a look at the times leading up to the addition of teams to the original set of 16 that made up Major League Baseball. [...]
