Cold Takes: Insulation$

MLB’s New Cheating Punishments Rob us of Delicious Schadenfreude$

Let It Eat: The Red Sox Are Short-Staffed$

Hidden Languages and Financial Flexibility$

Moonshot: Real-Time Video Cheating Could Happen Again$

To Stop Cheating, MLB Should End (Team) Video Review$

The Red Sox Could Afford Mookie Betts, But Didn’t Want To$

Unlike the Red Sox and Mookie Betts, the Nationals held on to Anthony Rendon and won$

Mass Cheating was the Inevitable Result of the Analytics Era$

Alex Cora is Just One Self-Inflicted Red Sox Wound$

Short Relief: The Afternoon Knows What the Morning Never Suspected

Thinking of the Utah coal miners after the Tyler Skaggs news; a rundown of what happens when you watch a 15-inning game; teaching your friend in vain that Mike Tauchman isn’t actually good

Short Relief: Duck Tales (Woo-oo!)

The Baltimore Oriole confirmed he was a duck all along; Don Orsillo is still missed by Red Sox fans; Kyle Ryan is due to become more famous than his cousin, an expressway.

Prospectus Feature: MLB’s Efficiency Fetish is Impacting Postseason Races$

Prospectus Feature: When Baseball Isn’t Baseball$

Prospectus Feature: For This Brit, MLB’s London Visit Meant Everything$

Short Relief: Linked by Blood

For some reason, I’ve found myself reading a lot about the 2004 World Series — specifically, the aftermath of the 2004 World Series. The way fans reacted to it, the way Boston media reacted to it, all the stuff people did to celebrate over the winter and into the beginning of the next season. Maybe…