Mark Whicker
Sports Columnist at Southern California News Group
Known to friends as the 141st character. Sports columnist for Southern California News Group.
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1 month ago |
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Mark Whicker
May 27, 2025By Mark WhickerCanadian Baseball NetworkYou could hear the buttons popping on Rob Manfred’s blazer. Major League Baseball had just concluded its “Rivalry Weekend,” and the results were overwhelming. The average crowd on the weekend of May 16-18 was 35,744, best for any weekend in 10 years. Merchandise sales were up 45 percent from the same weekend in 2024.
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1 month ago |
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Mark Whicker
May 15, 2025By Mark WhickerCanadian Baseball NetworkA rising tide lifts all boats, including the rusted careers which lie at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Look at the lineup card of the Detroit Tigers this weekend at Rogers Centre -- rivalry weekend going back to 1987 -- and you’re likely to see Javier Baez playing centre field and hitting ninth.
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1 month ago |
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Mark Whicker
May 1, 2025By Mark WhickerCanadian Baseball NetworkPerhaps you’ve been preoccupied with the ghosting of Shedeur Sanders or the octagon that’s become the Montreal Canadiens’ bench area. Understandable, but Eugenio Suarez did something Saturday night that shouldn’t have been swept underneath our brains, but was. He became only the 19th hitter in the history of Major League Baseball to hit four home runs in the same game.
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2 months ago |
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Mark Whicker
It might be a little early to wonder what you’ll be doing on June 9. In San Diego, that date is being circled, squared and embroidered on pillows. That will be the first meeting between the Padres and Dodgers, and it’s in Petco Park. For years this was only a unilateral rivalry, which is mathematically impossible anyway. Padres’ fans hated the Dodgers, and Dodgers’ fans loved the Padres, because they were a palate-cleanser that always landed on the schedule just in time to discontinue a slump.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Mark Whicker
. NEW YORK METS: Luisangel Acuna is Ronald’s little brother, literally, at 5-foot-8. He hit three home runs once he was called up late last season, and will get a lot more time with the Mets in 2025. They got him from the Rangers for Max Scherzer. WASHINGTON: It’s a big year for James Wood, the 6-foot-7 would-be slugger who came from San Diego in the Juan Soto trade. Wood had nine home runs in 79 games and with an OPS of .781.
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