Justin KlughJustin Klugh

Justin is a tall gentleman whose baseball playing career came to a close after he realized he was too cool for baseball anyway. He discovered writing about the sport was far less humiliating than playing it as no one would have to ask him why he "runs like that."

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Picks of the Pen: Yu the Man

Yu Darvish is more than just the fuel for MLB’s unkillable pun machine.  He is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers, and a good one.  This week, he struck out nine Blue Jays in a seven inning…Read More

Anatomy of a Miraculous Comeback Win

It’s late.  Real late. The kids have to be awake at 7:30 am.  You have to be at work by nine.  And you don’t know it yet, but you’ve totally spaced on getting to the vet’s office…Read More

Picks of the Pen: The Fall of King Felix

Ryan Braun received his MVP trophy this week at Miller Park, which looked sort of like a thick metal frisbee, or an old “Simon Says” game that lit up and taunted you.  Fortunately for Ryan,…Read More

Domesticating the Marlins Home Run Sculpture

MLB.com’s front page is the face of baseball.  And unlike Derek Jeter or any other entity with a non-metaphorical face, no one is really offended if we say how much it pisses us off.  I mean, you…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Jamie Moyer’s Unfinished Business

  Centuries from now, the world is a graveyard to humanity. Cockroaches fight over the last morsel of a Big Mac.  A dry wind scatters toxic dust over a hauntingly vacant plain that used to be a…Read More

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Picks of the Pen: The Immortal Zim Bear

Last year, when the Phillies played the Dodgers, MLB.tv gave us the Los Angeles feed.  Twitter was…Read More

Irrational Conclusions to Draw from One Week of Baseball

Spring may be that magical time of year when birds are chirping and the crack of the bat fills the air…Read More

Picks of the Pen: That’s So Ubaldo, Apparently

It wasn’t even Opening Day, and we already had a sickening display of emotional buffoonery, and…Read More

2012 MLB Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

2011 Season Review September 30, 2007 I watch Brett Myers toss his glove into the air in celebration…Read More

Picks of the Pen: All Wright Now

Why, it’s David Wright of those New York Mets!  Not long ago, he was just another frayed end…Read More

2012 MLB Season Preview: Atlanta Braves

2011 Review An amazing thing happened on the way to a catastrophe:  Many other things. Do you know…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Miguel Cabrera and the Dark Side of Spring

It’s never too long before something truly awful happens in Spring Training, and now that Miguel…Read More

Picks of the Pen

Look at Jim Thome, playing in the field for the first time since 2007!  What a great story, especially…Read More

2012 MLB Season Preview: Miami Marlins

The Florida Marlins had an interesting fix to their abysmal 2011:  Stop existing entirely. Miami welcomes…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Finally, an Assured Yankees Victory

Another year, another dominating Yankees performance. ESPN recently polled viewers to find out the best…Read More

Picks of the Pen: The Magnificent Seven

Who wants to own the Dodgers?  Is it Magic Johnson?  Donald Trump’s son-in-law?  Several other…Read More

Picks of the Pen: The Beginning of the Beginning

See this?  This is how we picture Opening Day.  Players returning to each other, embracing as friends…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Yoenis Cespedes is Anti-Moneyball

Yoenis Cespedes will make $36 million over four years, but he won’t be doing it in Miami like…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Manny Being Talked To

Ever since his quick escape from baseball due to a failed drug test, again, Manny Ramirez has had more…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Prince Fielder and the Twins on TV

Just so anybody with concerns about the 2012 MLB season knows, that extra playoff team thing that everyone…Read More