MLB tradition is as solid as fireworks on July 4 and barbecues on Labor Day, with little room for inventiveness. However, some of baseball’s hard-and-fast rules are about to change – or at least bend a little. For one weekend, August 25 – 27, Major League Baseball is relaxing its policy of insisting that players [...]
In economics, there’s a term called utility. It measures your happiness via consumption of a product (the product can be anything, from fire hydrants to, well, ballplayers on a roster). Marginal utility means that if you add at least 1 unit of the product to your utility, the happier you are. There’s also the law [...]
Twice this morning, within the space of 15 minutes, I heard both Ryan Dempster and Jeff Samardzija described as “aces” by a certain Chicago sports anchor. He night as well have dragged his nails down a chalkboard or made that noise when the eraser is worn down on a pencil and you scratch the paper [...]
All good things must come to an end. After starting the 2014 season 2-0, the Duke baseball team lost their finale at home to Binghamton by a 7-6 final. The Blue Devils still won the series, 2-1. Through five innings, the Blue Devils had collected just two hits off Binghamton starter Jake Cryts (though he [...]
After battling back to tie the game at 6-6 in the 8th inning, the Duke baseball team lost in 12 innings to host UNC-Greensboro, 9-8. The Blue Devils actually led 3-1, but a UNC-G five run 4th inning put them ahead. They retook the lead in the top of the 12th on a Jordan Betts [...]
There wasn’t a whole bunch of offense from either team today, but a three-run homer from Kyle Martin helped push South Carolina past this visiting Blue Hose for a 4-0 victory at Carolina Stadium. Despite both teams having runners on base and in scoring position, the game was scoreless until the sixth inning, when the [...]
The KC Royals selected right-handed pitcher Kevin Allen in the 23rd round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He was coming off a solid season at Texas Christian University (TCU) in which he picked up five saves in 28 relief appearances. Allen could move quickly through the minor leagues if the Royals choose to leave him [...]
