So let’s say you didn’t see this game, didn’t hear about it, and had a news blackout this afternoon. And then I told you that Kyle Hendricks was going to have the shortest, worst start of his career, that Paul Skenes was on the mound for the Pirates, and that the Cubs were going to […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Elly De La Cruz had three hits and scored two runs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the sloppy Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2 on Saturday night. Jonathan India and TJ Friedl each scored twice for the Reds, who defeated the Pirates for only the third time in nine meetings this season. De La Cruz […]
DETROIT (AP) — Members of the Teamsters will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future, but union president Sean O’Brien has not yet received an invitation to speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention. Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the 1.3 million-member union, said in an email Friday that […]
Forget Derek Shelton. Forget any perceived mismanagement in the bullpen (although that seems like average quarterback behavior to me most of the time). Forget the whining about late-game pinch-hitting decisions. Forget the hitting coach who never got a single hit anywhere he was. Forget the implosions in the bullpen. Forget every conceivable individual reason for […]
