MLB
September 10, 2024
Ed Kranepool, RIP: “Wouldn’t it Be Great?”
SC’s Jeff Kallman remembers the longest-tenured New York Met, the only 1962 Met to play in the 1969 World Series conquest, who died Sunday at the age of 79. Complete Story
September 2, 2024
They’re Not the 1962 Mets. More’s the Pity.
The ‘62 Mets offered perverse and hilarious hope to the truly downtrodden. SC’s Jeff Kallman says this year’s humorless White Sox threatening those Mets’ modern record for losses in a single season would offer the truly downtrodden an anchor. Complete Story
August 27, 2024
Race For MLB’s Best Record Continues to Tighten
In “Homeward Bound,” one of Simon & Garfunkel’s earliest hits, appears the line, “And all my words come back to me, in shades of mediocrity.” They must have been singing about this year’s baseball season! SC’s Anthony Brancato won’t even try to predict what will happen from here on. Complete Story
August 26, 2024
“There’s an End For All Athletes”
Saying which, after he couldn’t will himself back to the level of a major leaguer in the Blue Jays system, longtime Reds first base fixture/fan favorite Joey Votto retired from baseball last week, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
August 13, 2024
MLB’s Best Record: Who Wants It?
Baseball’s owners don’t realize how much excitement they created when they started awarding home field advantage throughout the playoffs to the teams that finished with the better regular-season record. SC’s Anthony Brancato heartily praises the owners for making this wise decision. Complete Story
August 12, 2024
Living and Dying With the Blight Sox
Their AL record-tying losing streak: over. Their manager: executed. SC’s Jeff Kallman ponders whether interim White Sox manager Grady Sizemore, once the hardest of hard-luck playing stars, can get the Sox through the rest of their putrid season. Complete Story
August 6, 2024
A Stupid Anniversary
SC’s Jeff Kallman says there were more (and better) important things to think about this weekend than the anniversary of the Nolan Ryan/Robin Ventura brawl. Complete Story
July 29, 2024
They’ll Love Arozarena in Seattle…
… but SC’s Jeff Kallman says they’ll miss him terribly in Tampa Bay, now that their 2020 postseason flyer’s been traded. Complete Story
July 22, 2024
“I Loved Every Challenge of Playing Third Base”
SC’s Jeff Kallman says freshly-minted Hall of Famer Adrián Beltré made it look as easy as he made his power hitting and his knack for fun and friendship over the years. Complete Story
July 16, 2024
“Triple Ring Ceremony” in Philly?
Three of Philadelphia’s four professional sports teams have real chances to win championships within the next 11 months. Will they come through? SC’s Anthony Brancato assesses the prospects of the Phillies, Eagles, and Sixers. Complete Story
More MLB Commentary
| 07.15.24 | The Baltimore Rumble | By Jeff Kallman |
| 07.10.24 | Orlando Cepeda, RIP: “Winter Always Turns to Spring” | By Jeff Kallman |
| 07.01.24 | “Let Him Hear You, He’s Listening” | By Jeff Kallman |
| 06.24.24 | Willie Mays, RIP: Loss, But Gratitude | By Jeff Kallman |
| 06.17.24 | Father’s Day Thoughts on the Field of Dreams Game | By Jeff Kallman |
| 06.10.24 | “A Miracle and a Disaster” | By Jeff Kallman |
| 06.03.24 | The Angel of Doom, Retired | By Jeff Kallman |
| 05.28.24 | An ESPN Writer Gets Religion… | By Jeff Kallman |
| 05.20.24 | Díazaster For the Mets | By Jeff Kallman |
| 05.13.24 | Here a Fall, There a Fall… | By Jeff Kallman |
| 05.06.24 | It’s the Same Sad Song | By Jeff Kallman |
| 04.29.24 | Scherzer: Let Robby the Umpbot Rank the Umps | By Jeff Kallman |
| 04.22.24 | Carl Erskine, RIP: From Jackie to Jimmy | By Jeff Kallman |
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