Dodgers starting pitcher Max Scherzer is hugged by teammate Clayton Kershaw in the dugout during the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Padres on Sunday. But history seldom offers a silver lining more glistening than this: If Bauer is on the Dodgers’ roster, Max Scherzer is not. “We’ve had some good runs from starting pitchers, but I think …
Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro holds a knuckleball at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on March 29, 2007. In an era where pitchers are trained to throw harder than ever, and hitters are trained to react accordingly, there ought to be a competitive advantage for a knuckleballer, throwing a pitch that Hall of Famer Willie Stargell compared …
He was a giant with the eyes of a child, a fighter with the softest of hearts, a Hall of Fame manager who acted like a high school cheerleader, a stalking and howling and gesturing ball of contradictions who spent nearly seven decades following a single truth. In the end, he loved them as a frail elderly gentlemen who watched …
