A series by your favorite esteemed writer Graham Wexler looking at one potential off-season trade per team. SEATTLE PILOTS ACQUIRE 1B KENT HRBEK FROM BALTIMORE ORIOLES FOR LF BUTCH HUSKEY Sometimes, it’s about knowing when to go all-in on experience—and when to cut bait on upside. The Seattle Pilots, fresh off a 1995 campaign in which they missed the playoffs, make a calculated move by acquiring veteran slugger Kent Hrbek from the...
The Doubleday Baseball League has officially released the draft order for the upcoming 1995-96 Amateur Draft, and while the order of selections may look straightforward at first glance, a flurry of recent trades has reshaped the landscape of Day 1. Here’s the finalized first-round draft order: PickOriginal SlotCurrent Owner1Chicago White SoxChicago White Sox2Baltimore OriolesCincinnati Reds3Boston Red SoxWashington Senators4Detroit...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Riding high off their triumphant United League Championship, the Washington Senators scored another major victory this weekend: securing the future of baseball in the nation's capital with a $250 million renovation agreement to convert Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium into a baseball-only facility. The sweeping deal, finalized late Saturday night, was brokered by Senators team president Alex Cumana and Mayor Marion Barry...
A series by your favorite esteemed writer Graham Wexler looking at one potential off-season trade per team. PROPOSED TRADE: OAKLAND ATHLETICS TRADE LHP JAMIE MOYER TO ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FOR A 1996 3RD ROUND PICK It’s time for the Oakland Athletics to cash in. Jamie Moyer’s quietly solid 1995 season (12–13, 3.92 ERA, 236.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 1.9 WAR) was a throwback to his earlier Seattle form. After years of turbulence—including a 4–24...
Two weeks ago, he was the unlikely hero. Mike Stanley’s grand slam off Pedro Martinez in Game 5 of the Division Series became an instant entry in Senators folklore. It capped a storybook upset over the 110-win Expos, ignited a fan petition to build a monument in his honor, and briefly turned a trade rumor into a redemption arc. But baseball rarely offers clean endings. And for Stanley, October ended not with a parade, but with four hitless...
Well… that escalated quickly. What was billed as a gritty, grind-it-out World Series turned into a four-game demolition derby courtesy of the Kansas City Royals, who steamrolled the Washington Senators in a sweep so brutal it might require congressional review. The Royals didn’t just win the series—they issued a formal statement: the Federal League is baseball’s top flight, and it’s not close. For all the noise about...
The Kansas City Royals came east and finished what they started. With a commanding 6–1 victory in Game 4, the Royals completed a four-game sweep of the Washington Senators and secured their fifth championship in franchise history. Rheal Cormier was sensational on the mound, going the distance in a complete-game four-hitter. The lefty struck out seven and allowed just one run—a harmless RBI triple from Robert Rivera in the 8th inning—long...
Mark Guthrie did exactly what a veteran postseason arm is supposed to do: shut out the noise, hit the edges, and keep his team moving forward. The left-hander silenced a packed RFK Stadium crowd on Thursday night, tossing 7.1 innings of one-run ball as the Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Senators 6–3 in Game 3 of the World Series. With the win, the Royals take a commanding 3-0 series lead and stand one victory away from their first...
The box score says 10-2, but it was closer than that — until it wasn’t. For seven innings, Game 2 of the World Series followed a tight script. Then Chris Hoiles tore the whole thing up. The Kansas City catcher, batting just .152 in the postseason entering the night, erupted with a 4-hit performance, two home runs, and four RBIs, helping the Royals blow open a close game and push their World Series lead to 2-0 with a decisive win over the...
KANSAS CITY — In a tense and dramatic World Series opener, the Kansas City Royals walked it off in the 10th inning as Jim Thome crushed a solo homer to lift the Royals to a 5–4 victory over the Washington Senators at Royals Stadium. Kevin Brown delivered a World Series performance to remember, pitching 9 gritty innings and striking out 10. Though he lost a late lead in the eighth and ninth innings, Brown’s effort kept Kansas City in...