Sports Stark: My 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot — the 10 players I voted for, and whyadminJanuary 16, 2025 by adminJanuary 16, 2025029 Ichiro! How many votes will he get — and how many flights are there from Tokyo to Cooperstown? Billy Wagner! The last time he threw... Read more
Sports Grading each MLB team’s offseason so far: Bowden on signings, trades and key questionsadminJanuary 10, 2025 by adminJanuary 10, 2025040 There are still a number of difference-making free agents on the board and likely some significant trades still to come, but let’s take stock of... Read more
Sports MLB’s most mind-blowing hitting, pitching feats of the year — plus the 5 most ridiculous gamesadminDecember 28, 2024 by adminDecember 28, 2024052 There was a game in El Paso where even a two-touchdown lead wasn’t safe. … There was a game in Houston where a pitcher allowed... Read more
Sports MLB’s weirdest injuries of 2024: Beware of water bottles, heating pads and wallsadminDecember 27, 2024 by adminDecember 27, 2024048 First prize — We tip our cap Here at Strange But True Injury Central, there’s only one thing we love more than a good Injury... Read more
Sports MLB’s Strange But True 2024: The team, game, inning and homer of the year — plus The Ohtani GameadminDecember 26, 2024 by adminDecember 26, 2024049 I swear this all happened in the Strange But True baseball year of 2024: A man played for both teams in the same game. …... Read more
Sports The 2024 Baseball Trivia Extravaganza: Take our mega quiz to test yourself!adminDecember 24, 2024 by adminDecember 24, 2024051 When last we saw a Major League Baseball game, the Los Angeles Dodgers were celebrating a World Series title at Yankee Stadium. If you’re a... Read more
Sports Why are MLB’s free-agent contracts often beating projections this offseason?adminDecember 17, 2024 by adminDecember 17, 2024053 They paid how much? For that guy? Free-agent prices in baseball seem astronomical, which isn’t only a bar-room conversation but might be something that’s driving... Read more
Sports Rise of the National League: Big-spender owners shift balance of power away from the ALadminDecember 17, 2024 by adminDecember 17, 2024054 NEW YORK — The question was inevitable. On the day Juan Soto was introduced as the newest member of the New York Mets, owner Steve... Read more
