Baseball Is A Game Built on Fathers and Sons
A version of this article first appeared in the May 13th edition of the IBWAA “Here’s The Pitch” newsletter. In the last two weeks, two former big leaguers sat in the stands and watched their sons come through in the clutch. In the sixth inning of a 1-1 game two Saturdays ago, Minnesota Twins infielder…
Hitting a Home Run In Your First MLB At-Bat Is Exciting, Not Indicative of Anything
Two weeks ago, Matt Gorski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit his first major league home run in his first major league at-bat, on the first pitch he saw. With that swing, Gorski became the 136th member of this not-so-exclusive club – the first MLB at-bat homer club. And he joined an inclusive subset of that…