I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

With the departure of the Braves last night, the four winningest teams from the regular season were ousted immediately. The Braves (104) were thwacked by the Phillies for the second straight year. They won only one game each year. The surprising Orioles finished with the second best record and 101 wins before getting swept by…

Do fans prefer when postseason series max out or are over quickly? I’m not worried about revenue generated by the league as it has no bearing on my bank account. Is the game better served by teams sweeping through and setting up their rotations for the next round? Or do fans enjoy seeing teams play…

Boy is it refreshing to listen to a couple guys (Brian Anderson and Jeff Francoeur) on TBS that don’t pretend to be the smartest guys in the room. They just call a nice game without yelling at us. I’ve never been to Truist Field in Atlanta so I can’t speak to the quality of the…

Wherever you settle in on the reasonably new postseason format and how teams sort themselves out when they get there, one thing should be certain. Nobody has any idea who will step up and perform and who will flounder on the bigger stages. It’s really entertaining to watch relative nobodies record key outs in the…

So much of what sports fans and writers say and do is reactionary. We can’t help but to overreact-especially moments after a dramatic loss. It’s understandable that fans want to place blame and fire someone, we’re supposed to care that much about our teams. We’ve also been reminded countless times that “fan” is short for…

Here’s the link to Dick Beverage’s notice from SABR which I neglected to post. In Memoriam: Dick Beverage – Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org)

Beyond obvious intercity rivalries, we’re always looking for connections between teams and players-it’s only natural. So when the Orioles host the Rangers today in the first ALDS game, Buck Showalter should be offering his pregame analysis. The former Met’s manager was in this position in 2001 when the Diamondbacks defeated the Yankees in the World…

I’m always willing and able to speak and write about the nuts and bolts of the AFL and any specific season or player that I covered, but the real joy I get from the league is the people I’ve met over the years. Baseball and watching baseball offers fans the unique ability to connect with…

I’ve written so many previews in anticipation of upcoming AFL seasons that I’ve almost forgotten that there are hundreds of thousands of baseball fans that have never followed the league. In a recent post I mentioned that every team sends their top prospects to the league for additional seasoning. Some players are trying to make…

First of all, R.I.P to the great Dick Butkus passed away at the age of 80 and won’t have to watch tonight’s Bears game. I’m not smart enough to understand all of the properties of a black hole, but I know the Bears are lost in one right now. I’ve already described quite vividly how…