Around the middle of the 20th century, there was no more fearsome hitter in baseball than Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Williams could do it all at the plate: hitting for contact — his .406 average in 1941 was the last time anybody hit .400 in season; smashing extra-base hits — he’s second […]
Around the middle of the 20th century, there was no more fearsome hitter in baseball than Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Williams could do it all at the plate: hitting for contact — his .406 average in 1941 was the last time anybody hit .400 in season; smashing extra-base hits — he’s second […]
On opening day in 2016, the Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 3-2 despite recording only a single hit, a fifth-inning single by Prince Fielder. That win helped set the tone for a charmed Texas season — it became the first of 36 one-run victories in the team’s league-leading total. The magic continued throughout the […]
On opening day in 2016, the Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 3-2 despite recording only a single hit, a fifth-inning single by Prince Fielder. That win helped set the tone for a charmed Texas season — it became the first of 36 one-run victories in the team’s league-leading total. The magic continued throughout the […]
One school of thinking about the MLB trade deadline, which passes at 4 p.m. Eastern time, is that teams should address their weaknesses and become more balanced in preparation for the stretch run. The notion, which we’ve taken as a given around these parts in the past, is that sacrificing in some area of strength […]
