Byron Buxton

As you get older, all you really ask of sports is to keep you entertained and to provide something interesting to talk about from time to time. You want good teams playing a lively style, and you want them playing another team with perhaps…

How much tangible difference a manager makes on a baseball team over 162 games has never been quite nailed down. It’s generally thought the best ones might only add a couple wins, and a truly bad one might only take away a couple wins. Most…

Minnesota Man.Image: Getty ImagesJust one month ago, two-time All-Star Carlos Correa was a San Francisco Giant. After a few medical examinations from Giants’ staff, the team couldn’t bring themselves to give Correa the 13-year, $350 million…

Bryan Reynolds wants out of Pittsburgh.Image: Getty ImagesRemember a few years ago when a power-hitting shortstop was all the rage?They were a dime a dozen, and securing a shortstop that could be a serious threat in your lineup was an…

Yoán MoncadaPhoto: Getty ImagesIt’s not that you have to go back all that far for a season by an MLB team that was as disappointing, confounding, and overall just as big of a waste of time as the 2022 Chicago White Sox. It was just last…

Byron Buxton (l.) and game MVP Giancarlo Stanton powered the AL to a victory over the NLPhoto: Getty ImagesBlack baseball is coming back.It’s hard to deny when you look at the stars of last night’s All-Star Game. Giancarlo Stanton and Byron…

Shohei OhtaniPhoto: Getty ImagesBaseball is wacky nowadays. Just a few nights ago we watched Tampa Bay outfielder Brett Phillips pitch to reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani. The very next day, Ohtani was on the mound pitching to Phillips. When…

If only the baseball gods would give us a full season of this man,Image: Getty ImagesIt’s become part of the rhythm of a baseball season. Mike Trout will tweak something, or leave a game early, and every baseball fan will sigh, and wonder…

Here was have a visible representation of how hard MLB is trying to end the lockout.Image: ShutterstockI’ve seen disgruntled NBA superstars dogging it because they want to be traded, try harder than the MLB has tried to end this lockout.…