Johan Santana, YouTube and the making of Sean Manaea
A lot of us watched our favorite baseball players when we were kids. Sean Manaea became sort of obsessive about it.
A lot of us watched our favorite baseball players when we were kids. Sean Manaea became sort of obsessive about it.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy and pitcher Johnny Cueto joined a national debate when they suggested Cueto’s blister problems are related to MLB baseballs. You can add Jharel Cotton to the chorus.
A’s fans see a familiar, morose pattern: Develop young baseball players into stars, then trade those stars for prospects, then develop those prospects into stars, then trade those stars, etc.
The 2015 season will go a long way in defining Billy Beane’s legacy. And it’s Beane who signed himself up for this sort of professional scrutiny.
The Billy Goat? The Bambino? Those are nothing compared to the curse of the A's.
Vida Blue's philosophy of pitching: Hard as you could, as long as you could.
Lately, instead of playing their natural role as flustered diplomats, sports teams seem to be taking another approach toward their athletes: If you can’t beat ’em, out-tweet ’em.
Reinforcing how amazing the A’s pitching, minus Jim Johnson, has been through the first nine games of 2014.