Baseball

Series Preview – Braves vs. Cubs: Clearing The Hand Wall

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Braves 46-32   Cubs 42-35 GAMETIMES: Monday-Wednesday 7:05, Thursday 1:20 TV: NBCSN Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, WGN Wednesday BABY DRIVER EXTRAS: Talking Chop PITCHING MATCHUPS Julio Teheran vs. Jon Lester Max Fried vs. Adbert Alzolay Dallas Keuchel vs. Yu Darvish TBD vs. Tyler

Baseball

Braves Spotlight: Stone Freeman Do What He Please

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

There’s a theory floating around these days that the peak of a baseball player’s career is sliding up from 29 or 30 to 27 or so. It’s part of the reason you see more players getting called up earlier than before. The Braves themselves have Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ozzie Albies in the every day […]

Musings

The Seabrook Has An Obvious Answer, It Just Won’t Be Taken

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

It was making the rounds this morning, thanks to James Cybulski of Sportsnet, that the Hawks tried to swap picks with the Canucks and get the Canucks to take Brent Seabrook’s contract along with it. The headline makes for all sorts of questions, namely have the Hawks already gone to Seabrook to see if he […]

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Series Preview – White Sox vs. Red Sox: Everybody Tuck Your Pants Into Your Sox

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: White Sox 36-38   Red Sox 42-37 GAMETIMES: Monday and Tuesday 6:10, Wednesday 12:05 TV: WGN Monday, NBCSN Tuesday and Wednesday YOUR SITUATION WOULD BE CONCURRENTLY IMPROVED: Over The Monster PITCHING MATCHUPS Lucas Giolito vs. Eduardo Rodriguez TBA vs. David Price Reynaldo Lopez vs. Chris Sale PROBABLE WHITE SOX LINEUP Leury Garcia – CF […]

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Red Sox Spotlight: Mookie Was There, But Now He’s Not

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

Mookie Betts accomplished what seemingly was impossible last season. Deservedly winning the MVP over Mike Trout. Because honestly, when Trout’s healthy, there shouldn’t be a debate. But Betts collected 10.4 fWAR last year, highest of anyone. It’s actually the second time Betts has been in Trout-territory, as he was around there in 2016 but Trout […]

Musings

Maybe They Don’t Have A Plan So They Can’t Keep Changing It

Sam Fels June 24, 2019 0

As the weekend wore on, I sold myself more and more on the Kirby Dach pick. We’ll never know, but my hope is at #3 the Hawks wouldn’t ever pick for need. Those picks come around maybe once or twice a decade (unless you’re the Oilers), and you take the best player on your board. […]

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Series Wrap – Cubs Split With Mets: Pulled Back From The Edge

Sam Fels June 23, 2019 0

Game 1 Box Score: Cubs 7, Mets 4 Game 2 Box Score: Mets 5, Cubs 4 Game 3 Box Score: Mets 10, Cubs 2 Game 4 Box Score: Cubs 5, Mets 3 There have been a handful of times this year, going against my try-to-keep-calm nature about a baseball season, where I’ve been on the […]

Musings

Of Course They’d Take The One We Didn’t Preview – Hawks Select Kirby Dach

Sam Fels June 21, 2019 0

I knew it would happen this morning, and Jay Zawaski pretty much told me it would happen. But I didn’t do anything about it. Anyway, this isn’t about me. The Hawks used their third pick to take Kirby Dach out of the WHL. So what’s Dach’s deal? If the Hawks tell you they weren’t smitten […]

Musings

In The Words Of My Father: No No No F**K No

Sam Fels June 21, 2019 0

That was usually the response after a viewing of my report card. Anyway… So there was this. You ever had food turn to ash in your mouth, like that curse in the only good “Pirates Of The Caribbean?” Or a beer just go to pure salt? That feeling that your organs are actually melting and […]

Previews

The Children Better Be The Future Cuz We Ain’t Got No Present: Trevor Zegras

Sam Fels June 21, 2019 0

We round out our look at possibilities for the Hawks at #3, assuring that they won’t actually take any of these guys, and we’ll stay with the USNMTDP, or whatever alphabet soup makes up what goes on in Ann Arbor. It’s Trevor Zegras. Physical Stats Height: 6′ 0″  Weight: 174   Shoots: L On Ice Stats (’18-’19) League: USDP   Team: