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For five seasons, Mack went hit-for-hit with Kirby Puckett in the Twins' outfield, ranking among baseball's best all-around players.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Nationally recognized civil rights attorney Ben Crump made an appearance Monday in Baton Rouge, where he pledged to finally get justice for two Black teenagers who
As Livingston Parish deals with floods, new drainage ideas are floated As Livingston Parish deals with floods, new drainage ideas are floated 3 hours 10 minutes 15 seconds ago Sunday, April 18 2021 Apr 18, 2021 April 18, 2021 10:53 PM April 18, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: LIVINGSTON PARISH - Roads and yards are still covered in water on Sunday following heavy rain in the capital area. Resident Linda Spinks' yard is still soaked, ruining her vegetable garden. "I kept thinking, well there goes all that hard work and money," Spinks said. Spinks blamed the flooding on the debris-clogged pari...
February 7, 2021 Garrett Richards has an uncanny ability to spin a baseball. Per Statcast, the 32-year-old right-hander — recently signed to a free-agent contract by the Boston Red Sox — was 99th percentile in curveball spin last year, while his four-seam spin ranked in the 97th percentile. Moreover, the most-effective weapon in his arsenal, a 2,746-RPM slider, was topped only by Sergio Romo’s 2,913 RPMs among hurlers who threw the pitch at least 200 times. Richards’s least-effective offering in 2020 was a two-seamer that’s hard to put a positive spin on. The erstwhile San Diego Pad...
Who could the Royals have drafted in the 80s? Share this story This is the second installment looking back at who the Royals could have selected in past drafts, by the decade. I’m not sure if there is anything more difficult in life than identifying baseball talent. Brain surgery? Talking to women? The list is pretty short. Staking your career as a scout or General Manager to the analysis of 18–22-year-old ball players is a risky endeavor. Why do some players make it and some do not? That remains the million-dollar question that vexes all teams. 1980 The 1980 draft was the Darryl Strawbe...