The 100s tracker: Teams on pace for triple-digit wins (or losses)

Overall, there are three teams on pace for 100 wins and three on pace for 100 losses -- all in the American League. With six teams on pace to hit the number 100 this year, 2018 isn't far off the pace of 2002, when there were seven (four 100-loss teams and three 100-win teams). Who [...]

In an era of positional flexibility, teams opt for position players pitching

Last Wednesday, position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combined for a 4.2 innings of relief work. Max Rieper, of Royals Review, just posted a piece entitled, This is the year of position players pitching. Hey, it's got to be better than using Buddy Baumann (24.00 ERA) and Gerson Bautista (12.46 ERA) From the Joe [...]

The 2018 Free-Agent Class No Longer Looks Poised to Change Baseball

A few years ago, it seemed like this upcoming free agent class was going to be a monster one. Now death, injuries and decline have put a serious dent into that allure. And Bryce Harper, who perhaps falls into his own category, too. Harper, approaching his 26th birthday, has sandwiched two useful but far-from-spectacular seasons [...]

A look back at the ‘Grand Hatching’ of the San Diego Chicken

Embroiled in a legal battle with local rock station KGB over the rights to his creation, Giannoulas put together one of the most publicized media stunts of the late 1970s. He called it the "Grand Hatching," set for June 29, 1979, at a sold-out Jack Murphy Stadium to end his chicken persona's brief absence from [...]