Brittany Ghiroli

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brittany Ghiroli

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It took more than three days for someone front-facing in the Washington Nationals organization to publicly acknowledge manager Dave Martinez’s recent comments, in which he absolved his coaches of any blame for the team’s abysmal play. By now, the response largely falls on deaf ears.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Brittany Ghiroli

It was 2022, and Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke’s career was winding down. In his age-38 season, he wanted to soak it in. He wanted his family to experience it all as well, but he faced a problem every baseball family does when their children reach a certain age: What were they going to do about school? Greinke was lucky. His teammate Daniel Lynch was married to a former elementary schoolteacher.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brittany Ghiroli

Netflix was a year too late. This Boston Red Sox season is one that deserves a documentary. Boston shocked the sport on Sunday night by trading franchise cornerstone Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants after months of public tension between the Sox front office and its star. The return – pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and pitching prospect Jose Bello – seems secondary to the roughly $255 million of Devers’ contract the Giants are fully absorbing.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brittany Ghiroli

BALTIMORE - How surprised were the Detroit Tigers to find themselves in the playoffs last year? Vacations were scheduled, parties planned. Outfielder Parker Meadows, among a swath of Tigers who were married this offseason, was hoping to miss his own late-October bachelor party in Florida. Unfortunately for Meadows, it went off without a hitch when the Tigers lost to the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Division Series.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brittany Ghiroli

It was 2022, and Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke's career was winding down. In his age-38 season, Greinke wanted to soak it in. He wanted his family to experience it all as well, but Greinke faced a problem every baseball family comes across at some point after their kids reach a certain age: What were they going to do about school? Greinke got lucky. His teammate, Daniel Lynch, was married to a former elementary school teacher.