Essential BtB: Our best from 2018

2018 has just about come to an end, and we wanted to share our favorite posts from the year with you. These are Essential BtB.

Milwaukee Brewers have a black hole at second base

Since David Stearns arrived in Milwaukee, he’s made a clear and conscious effort to prove that he loves stacking players up the middle and for good reason.

But that hasn’t stopped a black hole from forming behind the mound.

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Where do the Yankees go from here?

The overall view of the 2018 New York Yankees just depends on who you talk to.

Welcome to the new age of Milwaukee Brewers baseball

Monday’s division championship-clinching victory over the hated Chicago Cubs at Wrigley is more than a win. It marks the turning of the page to a new chapter in Brewers history.

Catch: An essential parenting tool

How does a man of letters and words connect with his children? With a baseball, of course.

From Trenton to the Bronx: Jonathan Loaisiga’s journey to the Yankees

There weren’t many – if at all – who would’ve thought Jonathan Loaisiga was going to be the first pitching prospect to make his New York Yankees debut in 2018.

Christian Yelich is major boon to Brewers current, future outfield

While the rest of the league was sitting by the hearth, quietly contemplating the balance of expenditure and analytics, David Stearns was in the kitchen, his fingers on the dial of the burner, waiting for the temperature to be just right to make a splash. By the time he was through, he had cooked up one of the best outfields in the NL and served it to the rest of the league on a silver platter.