The MVPs of the past two days are, starting on Wednesday, Danny Salazar and Devin Mesoraco (even if the Reds lost).
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Juan Lagares of the Mets went 4-4 with 2 RBIs and a walk yesterday. He’s the MVP.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
The MVPs of this long weekend were: Buster Posey (Friday), Drew Hutchison (Saturday), Clay Buchholz (Sunday), and (since I can’t give it to all four Phillies no-hit pitchers) Miguel Cabrera (Monday).
Standings, as always, after the jump:
While Yusmeiro Petit did have a good start yesterday for the Giants, going 6 innings and giving up only 4 hits and a earned run with 9 Ks, part of the reason is because he, early in the game, broke the record for consecutive batters retired.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Clayton Kershaw was awesome yesterday. Yaaawwwwwwnnnnn. 8 innings, no earned runs, 10 Ks….
Just another day in the life of the greatest pitcher since Pedro Martinez was in Boston.
Standings after the jump:
The MVPs of the past two days are, in order, Delmon Young and the near-perfect Madison Bumgarner.
Standings, as usual, after the jump:
The MVPs since Thursday?
David Price, Drew Smyly, Pedro Alvarez, and Tsuyoshi Wada.
Standings after the jump:
In Bizarre Baseball Culture, I take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in pop culture and fiction.
There is a special type of baseball culture that I haven’t really covered yet… the baseball biography comic. Whether authorized or unauthorized, the baseball bio-comic is it’s own small subgenre of weird.
Take Baseball Superstars Comics‘ bio-comic on Cal Ripken, Jr. from 1992. A black-and-white comic from the now long-defunct “Revolutionary Comics” and seventh in a series of baseball bio-comics, it’s like a fever-dream of a look into the life and times of the Orioles great up through the 1991 season. The art is disturbing, the writing wooden, and the facts sometimes feel wrong.
That said, it’s not all bad. It’s got a so-bad-it’s-good quality at times, and any comic that features two pages devoted to the longest game ever is going to get my attention.
So, on his 54th birthday, here’s a look at the Baseball Superstars comic on Cal Ripken Jr…. after the jump:
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