Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More
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Steve Pearce Stole Rich Hill’s Thunder
There is an enormous difference between a 3-1 lead and a 2-2 tie, even though the journey to get there … More
Terry Francona’s Managerial Tree Is on Full Display, and Still Growing
Alex Cora’s Boston Red Sox and Dave Roberts’s Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing each other in the World Series. … More
One Loss Felt Like Two
It took 18 innings innings before Max Muncy homered to lift the Dodgers over the Red Sox in Game 3 … More
Milwaukee’s Bullpen Does It All
In 2018, the trend of expanded bullpen usage got more intense and innovative. While the Tampa Bay Rays misses the … More
The Marathon Is Over, and So Begins the Sprint
After 162 games (or 163 games for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, and Los Angeles Dodgers), the 2018 … More
‘Moneyball’ Is Baseball’s ‘Rocky’, If Rocky Never Wins
Two of the best sports movies this decade are Moneyball and Creed (I personally rank Creed at #1 and Moneyball … More
The Cubs Did an Excellent Impression of the Red Sox
It’s easy to compare the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox. It’s almost too easy because of how long … More
White Sox Misery Is Underrated
After much anticipation, Michael Kopech got called up to the Majors. Kopech was one of the key assets that came … More
As Good as It Gets for Boston, As Bad as It Gets for Baltimore
In the spring of 2017, I started writing a blog post that I (thankfully) never ended up publishing about how … More
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