Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics, including Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., and measuring power/speed excellence. They also talk about the struggles of the White Sox under Grady Sizemore, hippos, A-Rod’s relationships, double plates/bases, older hitters, player predictions, and more. Later, they speak with Matthew DeSantis and Ramon Riesgo of the Bhutan…
There’s no real argument to Man United’s Luke Shaw being unreliable and injury prone. The England international missed 34 games last season, and over the course of the last five seasons has had three separate hamstring problems, two ankle injuries, a head injury, coronavirus, been ill generally and had two bruises as well as another…
(Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire) One of the toughest things to see in the NFL is when a player goes down to injury, and it’s even tougher when it comes at the beginning of training camp. This is exactly what happened to veteran Chiefs wide receiver Justin Watson recently. A video has surfaced of Watson…
It’s almost time for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which means another exciting golf competition on a global stage. The Olympics kick off in France this Friday, with the men’s golf competition starting next week and featuring 60 players from around the world. The men’s competition will take place from Aug. 1-4, followed by the…
TROON, Scotland — It’s been almost 40 years since the debut of the musical “Chess,” and while it was ostensibly about, well, chess, and set mostly in Thailand, one lyric has currency at the 152nd Open on the dilapidated west coast of Scotland. One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble Not much between…
(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) More than any other sport, part of the baseball experience is sampling the wide array of food at major league ballparks. After all, who hasn’t enjoyed a mouth-watering hot dog and ice-cold soda while taking in their favorite team under the hot summer sun? Of course, there is always a…
Today the Killers list focuses on teams with less-than-acceptable production in the outfield corners. These teams are still considered contenders with Playoff Odds of at least 9.5% and have received about 0.6 WAR or less from a position so far this season. Our Depth Charts’ rest-of-season WAR projections are also taken into account for additional…
Strength up the middle is important to any contender, but with so many teams still in the hunt for a playoff spot, it’s no surprise some of them have weak spots. Sometimes, it’s easier for a team to convince itself that the metrics aren’t fully capturing the strength of a light-hitting player’s defense if they’re…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Home Run Derby, the Futures Game and skills competition, Globe Field Field, All-Star uniforms, and more reflections from All-Star Week, then (34:18) discuss a challenge-system-driven change to broadcast K-zone displays, Chris Sale‘s aversion to pitch-calling, quantifying game-calling, David Fletcher‘s latest knuckleballing, using a position-player pitcher against a…
The 152nd Open Championship is almost here As of Sunday, July 14, the field is at 158 players who will tee it up at Royal Troon. Three spots were available for those not already qualified at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open, the final event in the Open Qualifying Series. Those went to Aaron Rai, Alex…
