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As I sit down to write this letter, Major League Baseball has ground to a halt thanks to the first lockout since the 1994-95 work stoppage that did grave damage to the National Pastime. I hope that as you read it, the two sides have come to some agreement and that the games will go on as scheduled. There’s so much to look forward to if the two sides can hammer out some compromises on their points of disagreement and get to the business of playing baseball. Once MLB gets out of its own way, its future looks as bright as it ever has. The grand old game has an array of assets that has to be the envy of every other pro sports league. First, the veterans. The wily…
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APRIL APRIL 1 – Cleveland’s Shane Bieber strikes out 12 batters on Opening Day, a year after having 14 Ks on Opening Day 2020, joining Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson and Randy Johnson as the only modern-era (since 1900) pitchers with multiple 12-strikeout season openers. APRIL 2 – Yermín Mercedes of the White Sox goes 5-for-5 in his first career start, joining Washington’s Cecil Travis (5/16/1933) as the only MLB players in the modern era to have five hits in their first career starts. APRIL 16 – The A’s become the third team in MLB history with a six-game win streak and six-game losing streak — each within the team’s first 14 games of the season in the same year. They join the 1991 Mariners and 1915 White Sox. APRIL 17…
A BATTER: Inthe modern era began a season wiTheight consecutive hits (Yermín Mercedes). Hitmultiple home runs, including a grand slam, and also recorded a walk-off hit within his first three career games in the modern era (Akil Baddoo). Recordeda multi-homer game at the same venue on the same calendar date as his father did (Fernando Tatís Jr., April 23 at Dodger Stadium; Sr. hit two grand slams in an inning there on April 23, 1999). Recordedmultiple walk-off RBIs within his first four career games, since RBIs became an official stat in 1920 (Patrick Mazeika, May 7 and 9). Pitchedin a game in which he recorded his first career hit, among position players in the expansion era (Andy Burns, June 12). Hita home run for each of his first five career…
1 GUARDIANS OF THE LAND It was a moment that fit perfectly with the tortured tradition of Cleveland’s baseball franchise — on the November morning when the team’s name officially changed from Indians to Guardians, a sign outside the team store broke loose from its mounting and smashed into pieces on the Ontario Street sidewalk 15 feet below. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and the mishap couldn’t stop more than 100 fans from crowding into the store in the first 15 minutes to snap up navy-and-red merchandise with the new winged-G logo. The old Chief Wahoo logo won’t be banned from Progressive Field — fans can still wear retro gear — but it’s all about the Guardians in Cleveland now that ownership moved on from its Native American nickname after more…
Shohei Ohtani’s 2021 MVP season was one of the greatest and most memorable in recent memory. Or in MLB history, for that matter. We’ve seen two-way players before, but there’s never been a player quite like Ohtani — capable of crushing 450-plus-foot homers and throwing 100 mph. We sped past the Babe Ruth and “Bullet Joe” Rogan comparisons by the end of April. It was clear that this was a season unlike any other. Ohtani himself made an attempt at a comparison, citing his countryman Ichiro Suzuki as a player he looked up to. “Growing up, I watched Ichiro, and he won MVP, and it got me wanting to play in the big leagues someday,” Ohtani told MLB.com through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. “Hopefully, I can be that kind of figure…
