Free Pedro

Outside of October, “must win” doesn’t exist in baseball. Momentum stops with tomorrow night’s pitcher, it isn’t a sprint, games in April count the same as the ones in September, blah blah blah… all the things you’ve already heard. These are all things I know to be true. I know too it’s true that tonight’s game is not in any real sense of the overused, misapplied phrase, a “must win.” But it sure feels like it. Read the rest of this entry →

I’d like to take this opportunity to begin a debate. A great debate. It’s time to begin the (naive?) postmortem on the Steroid Era. To me, the most interesting question is our first question:

Who was the best pitcher of the steroid era?

And to kick off the debate, I’ve invited Danny Stahl, our friend and long-suffering Royals fan – and  amateur baseball analyst – to share his thoughts. He has written a very thorough and thoughtful essay, in which he comes to a very unfortunate conclusion for those who love Pedro…

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