The World Series gets back underway tonight in Washington, and with the Nats already up 2-0, this could be a surprisingly quick series. Didn’t see that coming, but it’s impressive just how hot the Nationals have been since May. To be honest, I appreciate how hard they pushed for competitiveness the last decade, and it’s good for the sport that they’re seeing the fruits of that push.
Tampa Bay Rays VP of baseball operations Chaim Bloom has emerged as a serious candidate to become the new general manager of the Boston Red Sox, league sources tell ESPN. @chadjennings22 and @ken_rosenthal reported that he has interviewed with the team.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 25, 2019
Umpire Rob Drake, whose viral tweet yesterday about buying a gun for a coming civil war led to an investigation by Major League Baseball that remains ongoing, sent along a statement to ESPN apologizing for the tweet. The full statement: pic.twitter.com/jPYX8ZHpzO
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 25, 2019
Ranking the World Series of the 21st Century https://t.co/LTBoL8jPRt
— FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) October 22, 2019
Efficiency is fine, but what about entertainment? On the need for baseball to develop more marquee starting pitchers: https://t.co/3AFsH60z2V
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 22, 2019
Pitching, Mental Game, Competitiveness: Zack Greinke vs. Chipotle pic.twitter.com/YrUJIhZSvH
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 25, 2019
“I want the media to understand the greatness of the Sawamura Award led to this decision.” #NPB https://t.co/dMoUvl6P3e
— Jason Coskrey (@JCoskrey) October 21, 2019
I can't get over the beautiful form of 71-year-old Akira Yoshino, newly minted Nobel laureate in chemistry, throwing out the first pitch before Game 3 of the Japan Series at the Tokyo Dome this week. https://t.co/U4GXJKx7JC pic.twitter.com/zlEz3jIAnZ
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) October 24, 2019
From this morning, I spoke to several people inside the game about baseball's opioid problem. It's more serious than many believe. https://t.co/qGjrgw2K5p via @HardballTalk
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) October 21, 2019