With thanks to Dr. Seuss. I AM FAN. NEW I AM. FAN. NEW FAN I AM. THAT NEW FAN! THAT CUBS FAN! WELL – I DO NOT WANT THE CUBS TO WIN. WOULD YOU LIKE THE CURSE TO END? I…
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Really, this 1996 Cardinals team could hit because I’d seen it happen every inning before this And Dmitri Young and Brian Jordan made it 3-1 to start so it didn’t really matter if they won or lost because they would…
Matt Carpenter hit a ball to the fence. Had it been a chain-link fence, outfielder Michael Bourn could’ve scaled it and reached for the ball, retrieving it with the edge of his glove. Perhaps, if there was a swimming pool…
John Lackey kept throwing out baseballs, seemingly wondering what was wrong with them. Corey Kluber kept throwing out Cardinals. He didn’t entice them to hit meek grounders that he could field and toss to his first baseman. He didn’t get…
Lance Lynn keeps striking out hitters, with three people on at once, and just one another time. He strikes out nine in six innings. He leaves with his team up 3-0. And Matt Carpenter takes a stance at home with…
“Could the Indians pitch a combined no-hitter?” Would you believe Cleveland announcer Tom Hamilton asked? It would’ve been the first since 1981, he told us from Houston, where the Astros floundered. Perhaps it was because he discussed other no-hit attempts….