The Case Against Catchers
Someone, please, have my head examined. I’m certain I lost my mind somewhere on the base paths this baseball season, and I haven’t been able to find it. You see, the indisputable diagnosis is right...
View ArticleWith January’s Hall of Fame Inductions will come the rewriting of History.
This January, as it does every year, the Baseball Writer’s Association of America (BWAA) will be voting on the National Baseball Hall of Fame. What’s far from typical is the attention this year’s...
View ArticleThe Hall Will Be A Bit Emptier This Year
After days of speculating, today we found out that no player was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2013. This has easily been the most controversial vote by the Baseball Writers’...
View ArticleHas Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame Become a Joyless Chore?
Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News pondered this question. “There was a time, not so long ago, when I received the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot with great joy and anticipation.” There was also a...
View ArticlePass the Cannoli! Italy is here to play some Baseball!
I write this article as Italy is prepared to go up 2-0. Che? They beat the spaghetti out of Mexico and are about to beat the manicotti out of Canada. Chi poteva aspettarselo? (Who saw that coming?) The...
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