The explanation for all the home runs hit over the past few days and all the runs scored across baseball this month is that it’s August. Okay, it’s August with an altered baseball, but the point remains, that it’s the dog days. In the history of baseball, it’s the time of the year when everybody hits a wall and the offenses lose their minds. The ball jumps because of the warmer weather, and, in most of the games, it’s not very long before we’re off to the races.
It’s why Logan Webb’s performance last night was so impressive and why Merrill Kelly’s and Madison Bumgarner’s today were, too.