Entering the weekend with a 5-7 record in interleague play and an 8-11 record overall in June, the Cardinals were in need of something positive. More specifically, they were in need of some offense. In June games (prior to the weekend series in Kansas City) the Cardinals were averaging an anemic 3.47 runs per game. …
Last Friday, Major League Baseball ruled on the New York Mets’ appeal of the scoring of the lone hit in R.A. Dickey’s one-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays, upholding the hit and keeping Dickey from notching the second Met’s no-hitter in less than two weeks (and also in team history). MLB’s decision was widely applauded.…
I love no-hitters. That’s not the most controversial position one could take, although I am sure there are those who don’t share my enthusiasm for hitless baseball. A lot of fans – perhaps the majority – go to the ballpark for offense. Hits, walks, stolen bases, home runs, those are the things that get the…
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