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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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
The Red Sox’ Future Can Be Seen in Detroit
I hate to be a buzzkill this week, after the Boston Red Sox clinched their third straight American League East … More
Red Sox Have Some Soul Searching to Do Post-Sandoval
The Boston Red Sox have designated third baseman Pablo Sandoval for assignment, ending a tumultuous tenure for one of the … More
Life after Never: The 2017 Chicago Cubs
It had been over a century since the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, and their last National League … More
In Boston, David Ortiz Only Had One Peer
The Boston Red Sox formally closed the door on the David Ortiz Era this weekend by retiring. No Red Sox … More
The State of the Red Sox Going into 2017
The 2016 Major League Baseball season was one for the ages, capped off with an unforgettable World Series played between … More
Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!
This is an article I wrote for the school newspaper at Fitchburg State University in November of 2016. Before it … More
Alex Rodriguez Was the Perfect Villain
In a year when sports fans said goodbye to Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant, and much more quietly to Tim … More
Is It Better to Be Smart, Or to Win?
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Oakland Athletics earned critical acclaim and notoriety for fielding competitive baseball teams … More
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