This week’s question comes from Brian Canfield: While watching my beloved Rangers’ Rob Bell get shellacked by the Yankees, it occurred to me that the season that Alex Rodriguez is having is even more impressive when you realize that he doesn’t get to hit against the Rangers’ pitching staff. Conversely, the stats of the Mariners,…
So the Braves went out and got themselves a "new" first baseman last week, in the person of 40-year-old Julio Franco, who hasn’t played in the majors since 1997 (well, except for one at-bat in 1999). He comes in with sterling recent credentials, if you believe that the Mexican League is, as advertised, a Triple-A-level…
(Editor’s Note: The promised "Heaven on Earth" feature has not been completed yet, but will run next week. Really. For now, this is a conversation that took place on Thursday, September 6 between Gary Huckabay and two long suffering citizens of Red Sox Nation. The three of us watched the 1978 one-game playoff together at…