The last year each MLB team reached the World Series
Photo: Getty Images The Padres reached the Fall Classic for the second time in franchise history. However, they were swept by the Yankees, who were […]
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New York Mets can, should fall back on billionaire owner Steve Cohen
Welp, so much for that idea. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Los Angeles Dodger, and the New York Mets are still the Mets. After putting on […]
Professional athletes and their celebrity doppelgangers
Latrell Sprewell and Samuel L. Jackson Photo: Getty Images The four-time NBA All-Star and the man with many a legendary film role, including, but not […]
Here’s the MLB offseason outlook for the American League West
We’re almost through it. Today we head to the left coast, where the champs live…well, not actually. They’re in the middle, but they play in […]
The Houston Astros couldn’t outrun Dusty Baker forever
Call it my bitterness lingering from 2003. Even I acknowledge that Dusty Baker has become a fine, and probably only fine, postseason manager. The mangling […]
Weird postseason baseball finally rears its lovely head
When the Texas Rangers sift through the regrets and resentments of their Game 5 loss to the Houston Astros, the most difficult part to get […]
Max Scherzer, Texas Rangers let the Astros right back in ALCS
We might still be looking for an actually decent game in these playoffs, but at least we might get a series. The Rangers apparently didn’t […]
Baltimore Orioles swept out of playoffs by Texas Rangers
It’s awfully easy, and too easy, to point at an up-and-coming team like the Rangers that spent a lot of money to augment the players […]
This is part of Clayton Kershaw’s legacy, too
Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher of the 21st century. This much isn’t really in dispute. A career 2.48 ERA and 2.82 FIP over 16 […]
Picking our MLB American League award winners
Shohei Ohtani, your 2023 American League MVP. Photo: AP Despite being on a near-last-place team, despite the injuries, and despite the speculation of where he […]