Recapping the big moments from Major League Baseball, notably the Brewers and Reds going the extra mile yet again at Great American Ball Park.
Years ago, like, 25 years ago, I saw a cartoon of unknown origin and date. I don’t remember the name, but it stuck with me. The cartoon was about a (young???) baseball manager who wanted to bring in a relief pitcher. An older man, presumably a Gene Lamont-style bench coach, handed the man statistics on…
The first rule of tampering is never talk about another team’s player coming to yours: A lesson Aaron Judge of the Yankees now understands after MLB admonished him for “encouraging” Manny Machado to leave the Orioles.
Combating a receding menace.
The Pirates and Reds play free ball, Dallas Keuchel dominates, and the rest of the action, plus what to watch tonight.
The staff shares stories of the best extra-inning affairs we can remember.
After four teams gave us back-to-back 19-inning games over the weekend, the staff recounts some of its favorite bonus baseball affairs.
Ben and Sam discuss whether the league will ever take steps to prevent extremely long games, then talk about what baseball would be like without playoffs.
An examination of how baseball’s increasing strikeout rate has impacted the game, torn from the pages of BP’s next book.