Baseball’s new rules are working. Congratulations to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. With the considerable assistance of former Red Sox and Cubs executive Theo Epstein, Manfred has modernized baseball to better fit our nation’s short-attention span culture....
People will come, Ray. And they’ll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll...
The posturing continued in Jupiter, Fla. on Thursday, with the MLB owners and the Players Association offering another performance of Kabuki theater. All week the discourse was more about showmanship than actual substance. With huge financial issues to settle and time...
BERNIE BITS 1) Except for defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who is close to returning from the COVID list, the Blues have a full queue of players available for Wednesday night’s game in Pittsburgh. It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been waiting to see what the Blues can...
In 2012 Bruno Mars put out a song called “Locked Out Of Heaven,” and this sensual piece of work had nothing to do with baseball. Or, for that matter, Baseball Heaven. But I’m trying to come up with a clever lead here. Put me down as a strikeout. As expected, MLB’s...
We talk tans, training camp, XFL and more today with award-winning Ben Frederickson of The Post Dispatch. A recurring topic this week- what are Bens thoughts on a starter to fill in for Mikolas? Also, his insights on other teams involved in the sign-stealing scam. The...
We jump right into baseball with Ben Fred this morning. The Astros press conference yesterday about their cheating was quite the disaster. Ben Fred says it’s truly remarkable that they could mess it up as badly as they did. One group blamed another and there was...
