Box Score Banter 2025

Box Score Banter: 36 MafiaB

by Matt Sussman 4/17

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"Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his own arm."

Box Score Banter: Ain’t Life GrandB

by Catherine Galanti 4/16

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It's been easy to overlook the Diamondbacks so far, but not Corbin Carroll.

BSB: Tragic Steps Towards MeltdownB

by Connor Farrell 4/15

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There were so many points where things could have gone less wrong. Only they didn't.

Box Score Banter: A Day for the ArmsB

by Alexandra Whitley 4/14

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It's better to be lucky than good, but for the Rockies, no amount of luck is enough.

BSB: Portrait of the Angels in a Young SeasonB

by Patrick Dubuque 4/11

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Dear Mother, I am sick. I want to go home. The Angels are winning.

Box Score Banter: Ghost ShipB

by Matt Sussman 4/10

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When you go to a ballgame, you have a chance to be scarred by something that's never happened before.

Box Score Banter: What’s In a Name?B

by Catherine Galanti 4/09

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That which we call a Brooks Baldwin by any other name would go 0-for-3...right?

Box Score Banter: The Night CapB

by Connor Farrell 4/08

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Sometimes, after a long day, what you need most is a short night.

BSB: Boredom & the Destruction of Historical RecordsB

by Alexandra Whitley 4/07

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Without much of a show in front of them, the umpires decided to take over the proceedings.

Box Score Banter: All, or NothingB

by Patrick Dubuque 4/04

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It's early, but things have been trending this way for a long time.

BSB: The Padres Will Not Be DefeatedB

by Craig Goldstein 4/03

Not pictured: A Padre. Not mentioned: The 5-1 Giants.

Box Score Banter: A Stone Only Rolls Downhill$

by Catherine Galanti 4/02

Some guys have all the luck. Others are Mariners.

BSB: Hit Me Hard, or Soft, or Not at AllB

by Connor Farrell 4/01

It's easier to do well when you hit the ball hard, but the first step is hitting it at all.

The Rockies Are in Mid-Season FormB

by Alexandra Whitley 3/31

For better and, more specifically, for worse.

Box Score Banter: The Damp CaveB

by Patrick Dubuque 3/28

Baseball, as told by unreliable and often indecipherable narrators.