Tag: MLB
Oxy community reacts to Dodgers championship push
Back in our first co-written column, we highlighted the Los Angeles Dodgers' astronomical offseason spending — a rejection of the Moneyball philosophy that clubs...
The importance of Roberto Clemente and his legacy of philanthropy in...
Few in the baseball world are as revered as Roberto Clemente. If you’re a baseball fan, chances are that you’ve heard his name. Perhaps...
The billion dollar solution: how the Dodgers’ historic spending spree could...
For generations, people have fantasized about the assembly of a super team. From the Greek gods congregating on Mount Olympus to the formation of...
Opinion: Baseball should not be a bad umpire’s call
It was Oct. 14, 9:37 p.m. on that fateful Thursday night. There I was in the Bell-Young common room, eyes glued to the TV,...
Opinion: Shohei Ohtani is the face and future of baseball
There is a real-life superhero among us, folks. An hour-long Uber from Oxy will take you to his lair, where he hurls lasers at...
America’s pastime is moving out of the past
Baseball is America’s pastime. For over a century, through peace and war, prosperity and despair, one thing has remained constant: baseball. President Franklin Delano...
MLB should improve domestic violence policy
The longest season in American sports has come to an end, but that doesn't mean the headlines have. Some are speculative: one, for example,...
MLB gets what it wants
Say what you want about the speed of the game, but Major League Baseball's offseason is without question the most exciting. While teams in...