Evan Altman, Author at Baseball Essential

Rougned Odor, Gerrit Cole, and the Impact of Rivalries on Baseball’s Popularity

May 16, 2016

There’s a funny scent wafting from the baseball world after the events of the past weekend. It’s, dare I say, a Rougned Odor. After taking umbrage with a hard slide from Toronto’s Jose Bautista, already bran...

It’s Going to Take More than Talk to Change Baseball’s Bro Culture

Evan Altman

Mar 16, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions, St. Louis Cardinals

Dude, that's so gay. Chris Evans is a pretty good-looking guy, no homo. You actually like Bud Light Lime? What a fag. I'd love to say that nothing like that has ever passed my lips, but that would be d...

Goose Gossage Goes Foul

Evan Altman

Mar 10, 2016

Features, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

As a Hall of Fame reliever, Goose Gossage is familiar with doing as much as he could in a limited period of time. Perhaps that's how he was able to pack so much indulgently self-righteous ignorance into one int...

Aroldis Chapman Suspension a Tentative Step Forward for MLB’s Domestic Violence Policy

Evan Altman

Mar 2, 2016

Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

What if I told you a professional sport cared more about athletes popping pills than popping their spouses, or that shooting up with a syringe was a more egregious transgression than shooting a handgun in anger...

Dear Commissioner Manfred, Your Plan to Reach Younger Viewers is a Strikeout

Evan Altman

Feb 17, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions

Baseball is an old sport, both in terms of its general history and the demographics of its viewers. One need only watch an inning or two of an MLB broadcast to understand what group is being targeted. The ads m...

Will Addison Russell or Kyle Schwarber Have a Bigger Impact For the Cubs in 2016?

Evan Altman

Feb 12, 2016

Chicago Cubs, Features, Opinions & Predictions

Kris Bryant. The answer is always Kris Bryant, even when the question specifically excludes him. But since I've been tasked with previewing the seasons of a pair of the Cubs' second-tier sophomore studs, I s...

With More Teams Embracing Them, Opt-Out Clauses Could Become Baseball’s Newest Currency

Evan Altman

Feb 4, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions

Jason Heyward took at least $16 million less in guaranteed money over two fewer years to sign with the Chicago Cubs rather than either the Washington Nationals or the St. Louis Cardinals. Yoenis Cespedes took a...

Antwaan Randle El Fuels the Football Debate

Evan Altman

Jan 20, 2016

Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

One of the most exciting football players I ever saw was drafted by the Chicago Cubs, and no, it wasn't Jeff Samardzija. Before Shark was setting receiving records at Notre Dame, Antwaan Randle El was breaking ...

An Unhealthy Over-Analysis of the Unhealthy Over-Analysis of Baseball

Evan Altman

Jan 19, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

There I was, minding my own business and doing my best to avoid my family, when what to my wandering eyes did appear but a Twitter timeline filled with reports of poorly-placed fear. I really should know better...

A Major League Baseball Airing of Grievances

Evan Altman

Dec 23, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

I got a lot of problems with you people, and now you're gonna hear about it! You may as well call me Kris Bryant, because I need to air some grievances. And what better time to do it than on this joyous day of ...

Author Evan Altman