Jayson Stark

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Jayson Stark

Editor's note: This is a bonus Weird and Wild column. To read more Weird and Wild from the past week, go here. Poor Jose Miranda. There are a million things he hasn't done. But if this past week was any indication, just you wait. Just in the past week, the Minnesota Twins' third baseman was out even when he was safe. ... And that got him shipped back to the minor leagues ... where he headed off to Target ... and wound up as the early leader in our annual Injury of the Year competition.

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jayson Stark

Oh, man. What a week.There was a strikeout that hit the bat but never hit a glove. … There was a home run in San Diego scripted 100 percent by (who else) the baseball gods. … There was a pitcher who issued a walk after he’d gotten ejected. … And there was a guy who stole six bases in a game in which he forgot to get a hit. A long walk home in AlbuquerqueYou’ve got to walk before you score three runs.The Isotopes are the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Jayson Stark

Oh, man. What a week. There was a strikeout that hit the bat but never hit a glove. ... There was a home run in San Diego scripted 100 percent by (who else) the baseball gods. ... There was a pitcher who issued a walk after he'd gotten ejected. ... And there was a guy who stole six bases in a game in which he forgot to get a hit. But if you thought that was wacky, they weren't even close to being the Weirdest or Wildest things that happened in baseball all week. So let's get started, by taking ...

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jayson Stark

The Atlantic League has long been baseball's No. 1 test lab. And now it's at it again. QR codes on baseballs? They're coming to an Atlantic League game near you this season. It sometimes feels these days as if the whole world is a giant QR code. But one place those codes are believed to have never appeared is on a baseball in any professional league. Now that's about to change in the independent Atlantic League, thanks to an idea that welled up in a league brainstorming session over a year ago.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jayson Stark

Editor's note: This is a bonus Weird and Wild column. To read more Weird and Wild from the past week, go here and here. The Vladimir Guerrero Jr. number you've been hearing all week is 500 million - which is how many dollars the Toronto Blue Jays are going to be depositing in his money market fund over the next 14 years. But how'd you like to peruse some other numbers? Here's why: Because Vladdy has a real chance to make it to the Hall of Fame.