Major League Baseball rivalries

Screenshot: MLBYesterday, Major League Baseball released its 2023 schedule. The biggest news to come from the release is that for the first time ever, all 30 teams will play one another in a single season.In order for MLB to accommodate…

Tony La RussaPhoto: Getty ImagesFortunately, for Tony La Russa, the chants for his firing won’t follow him everywhere around Chicago. Even if the Chicago Bulls were playing in the NBA Finals right now, there likely wouldn’t be enough White…

Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor are two of the reasons the Mets’ offense has been carrying the team.Image: Getty ImagesThe New York Mets have the 10th-best team OPS in 2022 and they have scored the second-most runs per game. Most of that…

This seems...suboptimal.Image: Getty ImagesPete Alonso’s two-run walkoff homer in the 10th inning Thursday improved the New York Mets’ record to 26-14, which is good for the second-most wins in baseball and a six-and-a-half-game lead in the…

The Mets may be for real this season.Image: Getty ImagesUsually, you can dismiss hot April starts as nothing more than cute. Whether it’s real or not, if you have the motivation, you can always lean on baseball “needing to play out” because…

Brandon Crawford and the Giants are hitting far fewer home runs than last year.Image: Getty ImagesFresh off a franchise-best 107-win season, nobody expected the San Francisco Giants to repeat as NL West champs in 2022. The departures of key…

Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman is whining again.Image: Getty ImagesThe best way to keep a job you’re in jeopardy of losing is to insist that the failures aren’t your fault. Occasionally, it’s true. You could’ve been in the World Series had the…

Aaron BoonePhoto: Getty ImagesIt’s not just that the Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 2009, although it can’t be repeated enough that the Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 2009.In four years with Aaron Boone as their manager,…

Tom Ricketts, one of the Ricketts clowns.Image: Getty ImagesIt’s still worth it, every so often, to consider how impressive it is that the Ricketts family pissed all over the glow of being the ownership group that brought the first World…

Fancy meeting you here.Image: Getty ImagesTonight will be the first time in MLB history we see the Dodgers and Giants compete in the postseason. For such a storied rivalry, it’s crazy to think that in the year 2021, there’s still something…