Pitches per plate appearance are devoutly desired in 21st century MLB stats. Is it a correct goal for all hitters, however?
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MLB attendance declined for the sixth straight year, dropping below 70 million for the third time this century. What are the problems? Which can be fixed?
The Milwaukee Brewers took the NL Central title from the Chicago Cubs in a tense, reliever-heavy contest featuring starters and stars who stepped up.
The Milwaukee Brewers secured at least the top NL Wild Card in a walk-fueled win in St. Louis, validating the Yogi Clemente Theory.
After an impressive collapse, the Philadelphia Phillies have a great many decisions to make about their core personnel and only a few sure things in hand.
The Philadelphia Phillies face a terribly difficult task, ending their season with 11 straight games against two teams they have to run down.
The Phillies are now wrestling with this question: Can you have a winning season, even a playoff team, and still have been unsuccessful?
Fans of the Chicago Cubs, the press covering them, and perhaps some of the Cubs players are beginning to feel the pressure from the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Milwaukee Brewers took a tense contest against the Chicago Cubs by leaning heavily on their bullpen and moved within a game of the NL Central lead.
The Milwaukee Brewers may just have the momentum and schedule to run down the Chicago Cubs for the NL Central title, but four games will be key.
The Philadelphia Phillies stumbled into September, dropping three games before winning one, and must do better to make it into the post-season.
The Philadelphia Phillies tripped and fell hard several times during August, but as September arrived, they are still playing important baseball games.
A Cut 4 writer recently suggested MLB players behave a lot like Little League players, but he only scratched the surface, missing an obvious point.
Major League Baseball pulls out all the stops for their Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field, the Philadelphia Phillies not so much.
Like life, MLB history surprises with low-probability coincidences, karmic paybacks, and sometimes with totally unexpected. We put MLB lists of these here!
What can you say when your team loses 24-4? The Philadelphia Phillies say, "Hey, look, we've set ourselves up to win the next one." Then they did.
The Philadelphia Phillies had slipped recently, but the recent additions of Wilson Ramos and others were enough to take care of mighty Boston for one night.
Getting Freddy Galvis may not have seemed the best move possible to Padres fans, but the flashy shortstop certainly can't be viewed as an errant pickup.
The Philadelphia Phillies have scuffled through August so far, but baseball's youngest and least expensive team continues to get the job done.
The Philadelphia Phillies snapped up Miami Marlins slugger Justin Bour Aug. 10, erasing one of their opponents who had "owned" them.