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A Lifelong Love Affair with Randy Bush
The players we fall in love with are as inexplicable as those we are attracted to or choose to spend our lives with. There’s just a spark. It just feels right. It just makes sense.
Read moreConfessions of a Lapsed Cubs Fan
Advertisements I’m a little ambivalent about this World Series. I love a good underdog story, and there are no two franchises more under-doggy than the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. Their heydays were early in the 20th century, the Cubs in the first decade or so, and the Indians as soon as they stole Tris Speaker from the Red
Read moreThere’s No Tying in Baseball! Oh, Wait, Yes, Yes There Is…
Baseball, you’d think, would also not have tie games, thanks to extra innings and all. You’d think wrong. But there’s a reason why.
Read moreLatest Trade Ever? A Late September Swap Story
August 1 has come and gone, but the trading fun ain’t over. Ask Jody Davis.
Read moreStand Pat or Go for It? What Makes Sense with a One-Game Wild Card?
Ever since trading became a thing, teams have tried to improve their club in an effort to make the postseason, or win the postseason.
Read moreBallroom Notoriety: Our trade deadline recap
Another trade deadline in the books means another opportunity to GMs for moves that probably won’t mean all that much come October. Besides, anything that takes a swipe at the game’s widespread nepotism can’t be all bad.
Read moreIf Andrew Miller Isn’t A National on August 1st, Mike Rizzo Should be Fired
The Cubs sent a message to Mike Rizzo and the Nats. Now it’s time for the Nats to respond.
Read moreHardball Theatre: Season Tickets
Keith Good’s weekly One-Act, an SNL-meets-MLB look at the week in baseball. This week, obsessed fans apply sabermetrics to traffic court.
Read moreTrump vs. Ricketts, et al
Everything in Trumps’ bizarre and tacky world is a full of either winners or losers. An emphatic “LOSER” followed by “DISGUSTING” is how he describes anyone he can denigrate who challenges him.
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