He’s only 65. Very young.
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His style should go over great in that clubhouse. It will be fun to watch.
This made me laugh.
FTM.
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A’s hire Kotsay
Great news for the Astros (i.e. keeping Espada).
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That’s surprising.
I won’t miss him hitting homers against the Astros.
Hope he enjoys retirement.
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Surprising indeed. There was a lot of chatter/speculation about him trying to sign a deal to play with his brother next year.
Agreed about not missing his at bats against the Astros.
I can’t believe he’s been around 11 ML seasons.
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Can’t believe it’s been only 11 seasons. He’s the kind of guy who’s seems to have been in the league forever. Maybe it only feels that way to Astros fans.
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Against the Astros:
154 games, .238/.320/.460, 31 HR, 90 RBI
Not a bad clip for a full season’s worth of games. But against the Rangers:
182 games, .290/.365/.514, 37 HR, 121 RBI
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Wow he’s only 34. Very surprising indeed
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Go scorched earth, Ken.
What did he say?
May just be typical NYP muckraking:
ETA: he’s still employed by Fox, so he’s still under MLB’s thumb. I think he’s honest, but I also think he’s smart enough not to report everything he knows (or has been credibly told). This is an inherent problem with a reporter in his position trying to do investigative journalism.
Needs a history lesson…
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Now he has something else named after him besides that button on your remote…
Slow motion knuckleball. Count how many times it rotates:
In mergers and acquisitions news:
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Fanatics–which has been one of MLB’s two merchandising partners–has bought Topps for $500M. This one was pretty foreseeable since last summer when Fanatics managed to steal away Topps’ exclusive license with MLB to do trading cards.
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The NYT is buying The Athletic for $550M.