Three Game 5s Provide Divisional Drama
(published October 6, 2011) Game Five. Game Five. Game Five. The divisional series has been around since 1995, and only once before have three of the four matchups gone to a fifth and deciding game....
View ArticleCardinals Feel at Home in Hostile NLCS
(published October 13, 2011) The Brewers and Cardinals resumed hostilities Wednesday night, a phrase that is no mere figure of speech for these divisional rivals. Entering game three of the NLCS, the...
View ArticleA Strange Opener? That’s Baseball
(published October 20, 2011) Good pitching stops good hitting, and vice versa. It’s the mirror-in-mirror reflection of baseball, the game’s perpetual Moebius strip: good pitching is bad hitting, good...
View ArticleHolland Turns Series Around for Texas
(published October 23, 2011) About face! Just when you think you have a handle on the Cardinals-Rangers series, it takes another abrupt turn, leaving you grasping at air. Texas’s ostensible fourth...
View ArticleIn the End, It’s Always About La Russa
(published October 26, 2011) Another rainy day in October, another postseason game delayed, an extra day to spend bashing Tony La Russa. There are three things that most men believe they can do as well...
View ArticleWas 2011 Baseball’s Greatest Season?
(published October 31, 2011) What makes a satisfying baseball season? For the pure rooter, it’s success for the home team, whether that comes in the form of a World Series victory, a division title, a...
View ArticleReyes is Leaving, and the Mets Paved the Way
Jose Reyes could have and should have been one of the brightest stars in a city that’s famously tough to impress. He brought an electric smile, a slashing bat, a rifle arm, and winged feet to the...
View ArticlePujols Should Stay in St. Louis
A: Willie Stargell, Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, Jim Palmer, Mike Schmidt, Robin Yount, George Brett, Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, Jim Rice. Q: Who are the Hall of Famers who played at...
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Ryan Braun: A Study in Gall
It will be stated by many people and should be remembered in many ways: Ryan Braun is not your garden-variety scumbag. I am not referring to his suspension, announced yesterday, based on information...
View ArticleMan Out of Time: The Life of Alvin Dark
The life and career of Alvin Dark, who passed away yesterday at age 92, provides an object lesson in the importance of timing. Had he been born twenty years earlier, he would likely be in the Hall of...
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