Series! Recap of World Series of the 2020s
It’s time for our quinquennial recap of recent World Series.
Category: Baseball
On the Dodgers, Postseason Baseball, and Growing Up
The playoffs become Groundhog’s Day, and it breeds numbness and apathy. But this year, it feels different.
Alabama’s Baseball Disgrace
An Alabama baseball coach apparently sold out his team. In sports, that’s about as bad as it gets.
Fred McGriff and the Baseball Hall of Fame: The Crime Dog Stands Alone in Cooperstown
It is doubtful any of the Baseball Hall of Fame eligibles will be enshrined on Sunday July 23, save for Fred McGriff.
The Curse Lifts, At Least For A Moment
I’ve seen great Braves teams that died in the first round. And I’ve now seen a Howl’s Moving Castle of a team crush their way to glory
A Lifelong Atlanta Sports Fan Wonders: Is This What Joy Feels Like?
I’ve lived by the Benjamin Franklin adage that I’d rather be occasionally surprised rather than constantly disappointed. Also, I’m a lifelong Atlanta sports fan.
Unlike the Devil, The MLB All-Star Game Won’t Go Down To Georgia
Welp…that escalated quickly, as Major League Baseball announced the scheduled 2021 All-Star Game would be moved out of Atlanta
Devoted to The Game: Reviewing Out of the Park Baseball 22
“My [insert favorite baseball team] is owned/run by complete morons and I must destroy them.” Folks, Out of the Park Baseball 22 is for you.
Tampa Bay: The Hub Of The Sports World
Tampa Bay has been able to claim the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, the Super Bowl, and Wrestlemania in less than a year
Series! World Series of the 1940’s
Since baseball in present time is on hold for the duration, let’s resume our travels through its past. We began post-WWII and proceeded through the Nationals’ first championship in 2019
What the Houston Astros Teach Democrats About 2020
So what it will take for Trump’s fans to abandon him? The same thing it took for people to care about baseball cheating – make it affect them.
The World Series! (2010s, second half)
The 2010s are the first decade since the 1910s where the Yankees didn’t win a pennant.
Workin’ at the Pizza Shop
Symposium: Some of us just aren’t cut out for a career in America’s pizza-industrial complex
A Beautiful Thing On The Internet: Jon Bois’s “The Bob Emergency”
Jon Bois tells the incredible story of Bob Gibson. For good measure, he tells the stories of a bunch of other Bobs too.
Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball
This is my shameless self promotion post. I have mentioned previously that I had a book coming out. Well, it is out now. It is a history of the rules of baseball.
