Benjamin Hochman

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1 week ago | stltoday.com | Benjamin Hochman

Regarding the wild card, this was a wild card. The Giants got a giant. San Francisco had already driven its trolley car into the thick of the wild-card race, primarily because of its pitching (third-best ERA in baseball). But late Sunday, the Giants acquired Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers, who will surely boost baseball’s 22nd-best offense (per OPS). And because the Giants are in the Dodgers’ division, it sure seems like San Francisco will, thus, gobble up a wild-card spot come October.

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Benjamin Hochman

For generations, “300” was a thing. A .300 batting average was a baseball benchmark. It meant something — you were a gosh dang good hitter, that’s what you were. Now, it’s just a bowling score. “It’s kind of a forgotten thing, to be honest with you,” Toronto manager John Schneider said prior to a Blue Jays-Cardinals game at Busch last week. So I asked Schneider: Compared to when you were growing up, what does hitting .300 mean today? “I don’t know, ask Donnie,” Schneider said with a grin.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Benjamin Hochman

For generations, “300” was a thing. A .300 batting average was a baseball benchmark. It meant something — you were a gosh dang good hitter, that’s what you were. Now, it’s just a bowling score. “It’s kind of a forgotten thing, to be honest with you,” Toronto manager John Schneider said prior to a Blue Jays-Cardinals game at Busch last week. So I asked Schneider: Compared to when you were growing up, what does hitting .300 mean today? “I don’t know, ask Donnie,” Schneider said with a grin.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Benjamin Hochman

Did you know there’s an actual itinerary for chasing a dream? Thirty-day span. Thirteen workouts with NBA teams. Twenty nights on the road. “It’s been hectic, traveling city to city, and then coming back to Chicago, getting a couple workouts in — and traveling to the next city,” Caleb Love said. “It’s been crazy.”The St. Louis native Love, 23, dreamed of playing in the NBA during his time at CBC, such as when he made the McDonald’s All-American Game.