Sunday MLB Nine to Notes: From the Bill Chuck Files of 1/3/16
Just 41 games to go: Robinson Cano comes into the 2016 season riding a 16-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the majors. Nine to Know: From the Bill Chuck Files of 1/3/16 In 2014, Ben...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Davis and the Orioles, Hanley Ramirez, and the scout-analytic...
Who cares if the Chris Davis offer is $161M or $140-something-M in present day value? He is where is he is most wanted, his power plays very big in Camden Yards and the ballparks of the American...
View ArticleUnderstanding, Appreciating Dallas Keuchel’s Defensive Prowess
For the next five seconds, I want you to close your eyes and think about Dallas Keuchel. Seriously. I mean, really think. Now, what things, specifically, came to mind? Physically, perhaps you...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: The accountability of PED use in baseball
One of the great attributes of Bud Selig was that he understood that baseball should be one business with 30 franchisees devoted first and foremost to the best interests of the game and the MLB...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: All Star Game pitching leaves something to be desired
SAN DIEGO—The All Star Game is really Coachella, or, if you missed that, October’s Desert Trip in Indio, CA. It matters because it is a three day festival, especially when you get San Diego weather...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Quintana crosses town to Wrigleyville, Springer’s MVP shot,...
The news of the Cubs blockbuster trade featuring Jose Quintana broke around 11 Thursday morning. The phone rang. “So much for the hangovers,” said the major league coach on the other line. “Theo and...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Lester shelved, Astros’ pitching, Marlins ownership, and more
Of course Cubs fans were dispirited Friday morning after Jon Lester had to leave Thursday’s game after five outs and nine runs with a lat strain that required an MRI. The Cubs starters were already...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Splashes and notes from the Orlando Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla—Brian Cashman has done the big deals, like Mike Mussina, Mark Teixeira and C.C. Sabathia. He worked for George Steinbrenner, which meant living in the immediate, and when he and...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: A late January look at some 2018 story-lines
I get every argument. J.D. Martinez is older than Justin Upton, and, lord knows, the Red Sox are the only team in baseball over the luxury tax threshold because of Pablo Sandoval. I also get how hard...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Assembling a pitching staff for 2018
The National League Championship Series was barely over and the Dodgers in the World Series when Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Joe Maddon began rethinking the way they develop pitching. They hired Jim...
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