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According to The Athletic, the Twins have talked to famed SLUGGGRRR Nick Punto about the Twins’ open managerial position. Among various other folks. Punto’s currently an infield coach for the Padres; he’s originally from Southern California. (Oddly, his career OBP and SLG are both .323). Now, in a way, I don’t really care who they […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
All examples of famous robots. Joining that list in 2026 will be Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS), pejoratively known as “robot umps”. Site-runner Ben already dove into the ABS details a number of weeks ago so I won’t rehash that, other than to say it is interesting that only batters, pitchers, or […]
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When running an OOTP tournament, you can’t just start with, y’know, the tournament. (Well, you can, but where’s the fun in that?) Instead, you run a shortened or full season so as to seed the teams organically. For this one, I chose to run a particularly short 30-game season, figuring that would be enough. When […]
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Much like the current theatrical film of the same name, Byron Buxton took Minnesota Twins fans on a big, bold, beautiful journey in 2025. In a year that appalled a large section of the fanbase, Buxton managed to post a season for the ages. Let’s take a look at what I consider to be the […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
There are many different things to write about in the World of Baseballs, or, in bigger terms, the World of Sports. There’s the fact that the boring mega-payroll Dodgers just ousted the fun, also mega-payroll Phillies from the playoffs. (Ben has you covered.) Personally, I think the entire playoff structure is wack, and it should […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Well, gang, we’re swiftly approaching the stage of Rival Roundup winters where I’ll just have to start making up stories. That’s because with Detroit’s recent elimination from the postseason, all five AL Central teams are in a holding pattern until the league’s offseason can officially start. So while the greater baseball world will be tuning […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to Phillies Town, Twinkie Town’s Philadelphia Phillies playoff coverage because I like watching Jhoan Duran play baseball and don’t handle change well. Let’s go Phillies! While I didn’t anticipate this going into this feckless experiment, it turns out that rooting for the Phillies was fairly similar to rooting for the Twins. Maybe there’s some […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Because Major League Baseball was once the shining star of the sporting stage—it still dusts off the National Pastime moniker from time to time —it is sometimes easy to think that “then” was better than “now”. We are regaled by our parents (or grandparents) with stories about the likes of Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Harmon […]
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Welcome to Phillies Town, Twinkie Town’s Philadelphia Phillies playoff coverage because I like watching Jhoan Duran play baseball and don’t handle change well. Let’s go Phillies! After saving all their runs for late in game two, it appears our beloved Phillies were really saving all their runs for late in the series. With their backs […]
2 months ago | 1 read
Early in the season (I can’t remember exactly when), someone in the comments (can’t remember who) brought up the idea of a tall vs. short Out of the Park tournament. Now that the Twins season is over, it’s time to make that a reality. With many thanks to whoever came up with the idea, we […]
2 months ago | 2 reads