After talks between the owners and players broke down and games were officially cancelled, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sent fans a letter explaining the owners side of what happened, in a moved designed to generate good will and positive PR for the league and club owners. In an exclusive you […]
The baseball groundhog did not see sunshine. There will be no baseball this spring. The owners and players could not come to an agreement after two furious days of negotiations and, as a result, games have now been cancelled. For now, it’s the first two series of 2022. But once […]
Inches are irrelevant when the distance is miles. Both MLB and the Players Association met Monday and Tuesday, and plan to meet the rest of the week, to try to forge out a deal so baseball can resume. Reports are, both sides made the slightest of concessions so far. It’s […]
In an era of three-outcome baseball, the story of Joe Sewell is even more amazing than ever. It used to be, hitters hated striking out. Striking out was a badge of shame. Now, it seems to be a rite of passage, a ticket to a bigger contract. Joe Sewell was […]
Minor leaguers should not be paid for spring training because they should be considered trainees. So argued MLB in court Friday in a lawsuit brought against them for unfair labor. While the owners and players union argue across the bargaining table over money in their major league labor dispute, the […]
Keith Law of MLB.com put out his annual Top 100 MLB prospects rankings. Good news. The Rangers had four players make the list. Here they are, along with his synopsis of each player. The future looks promising. 26. Jack Leiter, RHP, Age 22. The top pitcher in the 2021 draft […]
This new deal both sides are taking their sweet time hammering out will touch on many issues besides how much money billionaires and millionaires can divide between themselves. Hopefully they address the shift, a need for a pitch clock and, as far as the Rangers are concerned, realignment. The Rangers […]
The man they called Big Papi, David Ortiz, made it into the Hall of Fame. He was named on 77.9 percent of the writers’s votes, needing only 75 percent for entry. He is only the third full-time DH to make it, after Edgar Martinez and Frank Thomas. Yes, there was […]
Last week the New York Yankees named Rachel Balkovek as the manager for their Low-A minor league affiliate the Tampa Tarpons. As expected, the move got a lot of press. Anytime there is a first like this in any aspect of life, it gets people’s attention. While I am happy […]
Last night on MLB Network Radio, they played a Cubs-Rangers game from 2007. Hearing Eric Nadel in January was a breath of fresh air. Rangers fans might not hear him for a long long time. (Today, both sides are meeting for the first time in nearly 40 days. Then the […]
