MLB Rookies Make Noise in September
Isn’t it great when baseball season starts? It finally feels like the long, cold winter is beginning to thaw when pitchers and catchers report; and by the time the 30 teams take the field for the first games of the year, I feel a profound jubilance that reinvigorates me like nothing else in the world. That’s what makes this time of the year so difficult — school is in full swing and I’m working all week so I can’t follow America’s national pastime in the way I feel it deserves. This is the absolute cream of the season, especially this year when the wild card races are so close. As it stands now, Tampa Bay, Boston and Los Angeles are neck and neck for the American League wildcard while Atlanta and St. Louis are at the top of the heap in the National League race. San Francisco, who won the Fall Classic last year, is four games out with an anemic offense and little hope. So it goes. In addition to the wild card races, September means prospects are starting to get called up to the show for their first cup of coffee. Let’s start with Jesus Montero of the […]
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