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The Pitch
President George W. Bush stood on the mound at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2001, before Game 3 of the World Series, anxious. The ball was heavy in his hand. “Standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium...
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Tangled Up in Blue: The Jays Pull Away in the AL East
For most of last weekend’s four-game series between Toronto and New York, the different levels of the new plutocrat’s paradise in the Bronx were soaked pretty thoroughly in blue. There was singing and...
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How Screwed Is Your Team? A Pre-MLB-Playoff Injury Index
It’s not a shock that many of baseball’s best teams are also its healthiest teams, but with two weeks remaining in the regular season, several contenders are dealing with key injuries, both recent and...
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Yogi Berra: 1925–2015
Yogi Berra died last night at the age of 90. We’ll get to Berra the quote machine shortly. First, let’s start with Berra the baseball player. Because, man, could he play. It’s enough of a grind being a...
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And Your Bird Can Swing: Meet the Yankees’ Latest Budding Superstar
“It blows my mind that he doesn’t get more love,” said Yankees pro scouting manager Will Kuntz when I brought up Greg Bird in September 2013, after the minor league first baseman’s slash line had...
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Seeds, Cys, and More: Your Guide to What Matters in the Final Week of the MLB...
There’s only one week left in the MLB regular season, and while much of the playoff picture has already taken shape, not everything is settled. Here’s a refresher on what’s at stake between now and the...
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The 30 Finale: Throw Your Hands Up Like Max Scherzer and Say Goodbye to the...
One hundred and sixty-two games are in the books, and it’s been a hell of a ride. For the fourth straight season, a team with a monumental playoff drought has crashed the October dance. We’ve seen...
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Crowning the Most Exciting Team of the 2015 MLB Regular Season
If you flip back and forth between baseball’s standings today — finally still, after six months in motion — and the standings from last Friday, it might seem as if the regular season’s last weekend was...
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2015 American League Wild-Card Preview: Astros vs. Yankees
Do you smell that? It’s the combination of crisp autumn air and abject, overwhelming fear that can presage only one thing: postseason baseball. And since that postseason baseball will take place in New...
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Houston, You Have a Wild Card: Dallas Keuchel and the Upstart Astros Blank...
From 2005 to 2010, Astros lefty Wandy Rodriguez recorded a 3.46 ERA in 89 games at home and a 5.03 ERA in 87 games on the road. His road trouble — maybe a mental block, maybe something about ballparks,...
View ArticleThe Pitch
President George W. Bush stood on the mound at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2001, before Game 3 of the World Series, anxious. The ball was heavy in his hand. “Standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tangled Up in Blue: The Jays Pull Away in the AL East
For most of last weekend’s four-game series between Toronto and New York, the different levels of the new plutocrat’s paradise in the Bronx were soaked pretty thoroughly in blue. There was singing and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Screwed Is Your Team? A Pre-MLB-Playoff Injury Index
It’s not a shock that many of baseball’s best teams are also its healthiest teams, but with two weeks remaining in the regular season, several contenders are dealing with key injuries, both recent and...
View ArticleYogi Berra: 1925–2015
Yogi Berra died last night at the age of 90. We’ll get to Berra the quote machine shortly. First, let’s start with Berra the baseball player. Because, man, could he play. It’s enough of a grind being a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
And Your Bird Can Swing: Meet the Yankees’ Latest Budding Superstar
“It blows my mind that he doesn’t get more love,” said Yankees pro scouting manager Will Kuntz when I brought up Greg Bird in September 2013, after the minor league first baseman’s slash line had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seeds, Cys, and More: Your Guide to What Matters in the Final Week of the MLB...
There’s only one week left in the MLB regular season, and while much of the playoff picture has already taken shape, not everything is settled. Here’s a refresher on what’s at stake between now and the...
View ArticleThe 30 Finale: Throw Your Hands Up Like Max Scherzer and Say Goodbye to the...
One hundred and sixty-two games are in the books, and it’s been a hell of a ride. For the fourth straight season, a team with a monumental playoff drought has crashed the October dance. We’ve seen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crowning the Most Exciting Team of the 2015 MLB Regular Season
If you flip back and forth between baseball’s standings today — finally still, after six months in motion — and the standings from last Friday, it might seem as if the regular season’s last weekend was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2015 American League Wild-Card Preview: Astros vs. Yankees
Do you smell that? It’s the combination of crisp autumn air and abject, overwhelming fear that can presage only one thing: postseason baseball. And since that postseason baseball will take place in New...
View ArticleHouston, You Have a Wild Card: Dallas Keuchel and the Upstart Astros Blank...
From 2005 to 2010, Astros lefty Wandy Rodriguez recorded a 3.46 ERA in 89 games at home and a 5.03 ERA in 87 games on the road. His road trouble — maybe a mental block, maybe something about ballparks,...
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