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14 Feb 2014, 4:00 am
Well, apparently, the pay may be small enough to trigger a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act As pitchers and catchers being to report for Spring Training, Craig Calcaterra at NBC Sports HardBall Talk reports here that three minor league baseball players have initiated a putative class action in federal court against Major League Baseball, among others. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 1:31 pm
It has been a month since Florida Marlins' pitcher Jose Fernandez and his friends Eduardo Rivero and Emilio Macias lost their lives in a tragic boating accident in Miami Beach. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 7:11 am
Speaking of which, it's allegedly springtime (but not in Maine today) and pitchers and catchers are reporting and soon the sounds of a ball thwacking into a catcher's mitt or a crack of the bat will be echoing across the land, letting us know, much like the return of the Monarch butterflies 🦋, and a spring Robin and Bluejay, that all is right with the world. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 3:51 am
37 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training (as Judge Hirsch would tell you). [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 6:56 am
It's part of his career resurrection that also saw him signed by Turner Sports to co-host an Atlanta-based TBS program with Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley that will cover the MLB post-season, which on TBS includes the National League championships, both Wild Card playoff games and 18 League Division playoff games, Eckersley pitched before both the unforgiving fans of the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, so he should be able to withstand any controversy generated by the… [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 7:42 am
Friday night Beltre, who was on deck, was in the spot he likes to stand, so he can see the pitcher. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 7:37 am
Just last month, Florida Marlins superstar pitcher Jose Fernandez and two of his friends, Eddy Rivero and Emilio Macias died when the boat owned by Fernandez, crashed into a jetty sometime before 3:00 a.m. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 6:33 pm
Wow did Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom tear up the home team Marlins Wednesday night. [read post]
31 Oct 2015, 10:00 am
But if the Royals think that throwing high and tight, when hitters have been leaning out over the plate, is anything but totally standard baseball, then they've been watching some other sport than the one I watch (and probably not watching their own pitchers).UPDATE: Then again, perhaps Syndegaard's last pitch (discussed here) merits more attention than his first. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 11:13 am
I thought that I would include a scene from an old Kevin Costner movie ("For the Love of the Money") where his character -- a veteran pitcher contemplating retirement -- is able to focus completely on his job and actually "clear" out all distracting noises.Such is the focus needed for a law student as he/she prepares for this upcoming round of finals. [read post]
9 May 2011, 10:01 pm
As with RCAA, an exactly league-average pitcher's (or team's) RSAA is zero, an above-average pitcher has a positive RSAA, and a below-average pitcher has a negative RSAA. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 9:26 pm
Last night, veteran knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield started against the Tampa Bay Rays. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm
His final six years, from 1961 through 1966, are considered among the most dominant of any pitcher ever. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm
His final six years, from 1961 through 1966, are considered among the most dominant of any pitcher ever. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 4:00 am
As with xkcd itself, the beauty of the book is the depth of thought and extrapolation beyond the facile that goes in to answering such questions as “what would happen if everybody on earth jumped at the same time” or “what would happen if a baseball pitcher threw the ball at 9/10 the speed of light”? [read post]
21 Jan 2025, 6:32 am
Pitcher, Mr. [read post]
21 Jan 2025, 6:32 am
Pitcher, Mr. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 4:25 pm
If pitchers get too far ahead of hitters, we lower the mound by five inches, as baseball did in 1969, to reduce the number of 2-1 pitcher's duels. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 3:10 am
Veteran Stros pitchers such as Oswalt, Clemens and Pettitte didn't need Ausmus to help settle them down while pitching over the last several seasons. [read post]
4 Oct 2008, 10:56 am
Double entendre with a woman's name: Poly Pitcher, which sounds like Molly Pitcher. [read post]
