(Yes, I know the title literally means “Major League Baseball baseball.” Deal with it.) In this post, I’m going to completely overdramatize the stories of how I came to own the six MLB baseballs that are on my bookshelf right now. A little bit of background: I’ve been to about sixty MLB games in myContinue reading “Tales of ball-hawking at Oracle Park”
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MLB needs to change its playoff format
Since 2012, MLB has had a 10-team playoff bracket format – 5 teams from each league consisting of 3 division winners and 2 Wild Card teams. Well, except for the 2020 season, when Rob Manfred said, “well, we’ll only be playing 60 games, why not turn it into a science experiment” and put 16 teamsContinue reading “MLB needs to change its playoff format”
The Giants should absolutely, unequivocally extend Brandon Belt
Today, Brandon Belt tied Hunter Pence for the most home runs in a single season post-Bonds as he hit his 27th home run, a no-doubter into the Coors Field second deck. Belt has shown flashes of this power before, most notably on May 22, 2015, when he hit a ball at Coors that Statcast trackedContinue reading “The Giants should absolutely, unequivocally extend Brandon Belt”
Positives from today’s upsetting loss
In case you’re reading this and somehow missed the game, today’s Giants game was a 6-2 loss to the Mets in 12 innings. That’s a sad score just by itself, but extra-inning losses sting a lot more with the grotesque runner-on-second rule, and this one was no exception. However, this game was not without itsContinue reading “Positives from today’s upsetting loss”
Mike Tauchman: A Recap & My Thoughts
From the perspective of a baseball fan who doesn’t follow the Giants, Mike Tauchman looks like a superstar — he’s robbed two game-saving homers and hit a go-ahead grand slam. From the perspective of a baseball fan who follows Giants fans on Twitter, Mike Tauchman is the worst player in baseball history. And from theContinue reading “Mike Tauchman: A Recap & My Thoughts”
My Welcome Home Weekend Experience
I attended the Giants game on June 26 against the Athletics, the second game in the Bay Bridge Series and the second game of the Giants’ Welcome Home Weekend, their first series with the ballpark re-opened to full capacity. This was my fourth game of the year, and I went with my brother and ourContinue reading “My Welcome Home Weekend Experience”
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