Have you ever bought a new shirt you really like? (Yes.) Then you wear it out in public for the first time and in the back of your mind you’re hoping someone will comment on your shirt. (Uh-huh.) After a few hours you start to wonder why no one has said anything. (Sounds [...]
Read More →A lot of people think the Home Run Derby is boring. Watching a ball rocket into the night is an impressive spectacle the first million times, but after the first hour or so, every home run starts to look the same. The event always drags on for at least an hour longer than [...]
Read More →When I first saw the rosters for this year’s MLB All-Star Game in Arizona, I didn’t know what to think. A few hours later, I’m still uneasy. Sure there’s some continuity from last year, but no Pujols this year? No Ichiro? Jeter (great career) starting at shortstop over Asdrubal Cabrera (superb [...]
Read More →Two days ago I was standing in the shower thinking about my fantasy baseball team. If you’re still reading, congratulations, you just survived the least interesting hook in the history of sports writing. My team (called Cuckoo for CocoCrisp, in case you were wondering) currently enjoys a 2.5 game lead atop the league, [...]
Read More →When the Boston Red Sox entered last week’s series against the lowly San Diego Padres they had won 13 of their last 15 games and five consecutive series. After the Padres ended that streak (and raised a few eyebrows) by taking two out of three at Fenway, most members of Red [...]
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