Here’s a hint: it doesn’t have much to do with how fast he is.
The BP Book Tour rolls on.
A look at some franchises that haven’t won in a long, long time.
Nomar retires, but Epstein’s Mind Game goes on forever.
Next week, the BP 2010 book tour rolls on to Washington, DC. Please join Kevin, Jay, Clay, Matt, and myself at 7 PM on Tuesday at the great Politics and Prose bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW. We'll be answering questions, signing books, roasting s'mores, and singing songs from the American songbook. Well, some of those,…
A continuing look, counting backwards, at the last time major-league franchises won World Series.
A counting-backwards look at various franchises’ last World Series titles.
The Washington Senators’ history of first basemen makes one wonder if Lyle Overbay might have been an original Nat in a previous incarnation.
Lighting up reaction reliant on straw men with a handy historical example.
Which pennant-winner did so handicapped by the worst regular at first base?
Reflecting on a new book-length treatment of the life and times of Paul Richards.
Throwing a World Series game for any reason may seem outlandish now, but that has not always been the case.
The managerial decision tree for picking Game Four starters has had a number of offshoots, but how often did they lead to victory?
Or, why Stan Hack died for Shawon Dunston’s sins.
Give us your poor, your huddled Quad-A sluggers, yearning to be big leaguers.