Box Score Banter 2024

Box Score Banter: An Interregnum of MeaningB

by Ginny Searle 8/14

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Everything has to mean something. Except Angels baseball.

Box Score Banter: Sale/Snell Show Summary—Simply StellarB

by Andrew Mearns 8/13

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Chris Sale has never won a Cy Young. For now.

The Call-Up: Zebby Matthews$

by Jeffrey Paternostro and Carlos Marcano 8/13

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Throwing harder and not walking anyone, a tried and tested combination.

Box Score Banter: More Than a FeelingB

by Matt Sussman 8/12

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The Padres' recent comeback magic comes up just inches short.

Box Score Banter: The Golden Age of Bad Closers Is Upon UsB

by Alexandra Whitley 8/09

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You can hear the sad Charlie Brown song playing in this image.

Box Score Banter: Unlucky NumbersB

by Catherine Galanti 8/08

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What is the opposite of hubris?

Box Score Banter: Bush Draws BlackjackB

by Andrew Mearns 8/06

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Upside: You get to be a major leaguer.
Downside: It's with the White Sox.

Box Score Banter: The Tampa Bay CorollaryB

by Matt Sussman 8/05

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Rays batters struck out 15 times and their team still won—of course.

Box Score Banter: Gamesmanship in the DarkB

by Alexandra Whitley 8/02

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We've been here before.

Box Score Banter: Make It a Double$

by Catherine Galanti 8/01

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We really should stop tempting the baseball gods with things as trivial and inconsequential as statistics.

Box Score Banter: The LeftoversB

by Patrick Dubuque 7/31

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In St. Petersburg last night, two futures passed each other on a ballfield.

BSB: Taylor-Made HeroB

by Andrew Mearns 7/30

Michael A. Taylor and Corbin Carroll walk it off.

Box Score Banter: The Do-OverB

by Matt Sussman 7/29

You enver get a second chance to make a first impression, unless you're Michael Lorenzen, who's gotten almost a hundred.

Box Score Banter: Vibe CheckB

by Catherine Galanti 7/26

Someone has to bring up the vibe—for instance, a position player pitcher.

Box Score Banter: Bringing Home the ElixirB

by Patrick Dubuque 7/25

Chase Anderson versus Brenton Doyle, a matchup heartily anticipated by exactly one person on planet Earth.

BSB: Playing the Long GameB

by Alexandra Whitley 7/24

And it's not just a 3:13 time of play.