Red Sox May Be Poised to Repeat History in the Worst Possible Way

Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More

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

‘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 Raiders’ Strange Farewell Tour from Oakland

The city of Oakland is having a cultural moment right now. Ryan Coogler and Boots Riley made two of the … More

Jacob deGrom Is As Good As the Rest of the Mets Are Bad

For all it’s mainstream appeal–a game and an institution synonymous with and ingrained in American culture–baseball is a profoundly weird … More

It’s Fun when the Red Sox are This Good

I went into this past weekend’s series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees with managed expectations. Yes, … More

How Good Would Andrew Miller Have to Be to Revise History?

When lefty reliever Andrew Miller was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians last summer, it changed … More

As Durant Goes, So Goes the NBA

  The 2016-17 NBA season has been the Year of Kevin Durant, ever since all of basketball, from the front … 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

Tim Raines is the Clyde Drexler of Baseball

Last weekend, the Baseball Hall of Fame had their annual induction ceremony and the Class of 2016 included Ken Griffey … More