Surprise! Survey says 48 percent of baseball fans enjoy bat flips The issue can finally be put to rest. The public has spoken: the majority of baseball fans enjoy bat flips. Public Policy Polling, an American polling firm that primarily focuses on politics, does an annual sports poll to settle sports discussions once and for all (or at least until the following year). [StewPod: How well do … [Read more...]

Podcast: How well do we really know what baseball fans think? This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. There's almost nothing more entertaining than a baseball survey. OK, maybe a Bartolo Colon home run. But getting peoples' opinions about baseball in survey form is a lot of fun — and often … [Read more...]

10 times Bryce Harper gave people a reason to hate him Bryce Harper, baseball’s biggest star and head bro in charge of the Make Baseball Fun Again movement, has found himself in the news this week for doing a few things that probably aren’t in the Make Baseball Fun Again charter. Namely getting ejected on Monday night, coming back onto the field a few minutes later while his team was … [Read more...]

Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Mashing Marcell For a No. 9 hitter, Jackie Bradley, Jr. is pretty good. Stay tuned for more hot takes. I was honestly this close to including Bradley in Waiver Wired last week, but decided to cut him at the last minute. My mistake. He’s now owned in 69 percent of Yahoo leagues. With a nice 17-game hitting streak and a pair of six-RBI games this week alone, it’s easy to … [Read more...]

Four reasons why the Royals have been struggling For the Kansas City Royals, defending their World Series championship hasn’t been the dream they probably hoped it would be. Thirty-three games into the 2016 season, they’ve struggled on all fronts. They’re 16-17, and already six games behind the surprising Chicago White Sox in the American League Central. Even though things aren't going … [Read more...]

Strat-O-Matic creates new cards for Bryce Harper and Bartolo Colon The most wonderful thing about baseball is never knowing what you'll see on a given day. In one game, you might witness history, such as we did Wednsday in Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout game. In another, you might witness futility, such as the A's allowing at least 13 runs for the third straight game in Boston. In another … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: To The Max Follow @drewsilv and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter.   "Strikeouts are sexy," Max Scherzer told the media in his postgame press conference Wednesday night at Nationals Park. "To punch out 20 batters is sexy.” Around here we tend to agree. Scherzer became the fifth pitcher in Major League Baseball history to tally 20 strikeouts in a start Wednesday against … [Read more...]

Bartolo Colon's historic homer inspires an awkward tattoo Have you ever been that person who felt so strongly that a specific event would never happen, you told your friends you'd get a tattoo in the unlikely occurrence it did? Then, a few weeks later, you're at a random tattoo parlor getting the ink you never actually wanted?  Unfortunately for baseball fan Matt Sassi, he is that person, … [Read more...]

David Ortiz meets Maverick, the young fan he promised a home run One message and one promise fulfilled has created a bond that will stand the test of time. On April 29, Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz joined former teammate Kevin Millar in sending a message to Maverick Schutte, a six-year-old fan from Cheyenne, Wyo. who is battling a heart defect and lung disease.  [Related: David Ortiz … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Noah Syndergaard leads Mets with strong arm and bat Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.  If you want the job done right, you have to do it yourself. That's the mentality New York Mets … [Read more...]