September 7, 2020
general
Monday, 4 a.m. For Brandon Lowe, the fall has been agonizing. One day, he was among the finest players in the American League. The next, he wasn’t. For 24 straight at bats, he had been hitless. For three weeks, he had seen his average slip from .338 to .250. It had been seven days since […]
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September 6, 2020
general
Sunday, 4 a.m. The words come out slowly, haltingly, as if he were trying to find the proper way to describe the disappointment. Blake Snell, less than the sum of his stuff, had fallen short. He had walked more batters, and he had given up another home run, and once again, he had failed to […]
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