Author Archives: Andrew Reilly

Trading Jose Contreras Is Not As Simple (Or As Smart) As It Sounds

If it was that easy, don’t you think they would have just done it by now?

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Bold Predictions: We’re Not In Schaumburg Anymore, Chad

I’m starting with the fan in the mirror; I’m asking him to change his ways.

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Six Back Might As Well Be Six Underground

Either the National League West is a joke or the Sox are the inevitable World Champions.

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The Way It Actually Happened Is For the Birds

Fact-checking Hawk (again). Asking “what” is pointless, but asking “when” can sometimes be beautiful.

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Booing Manny Would Be Even More Fun Now

O, the things you miss when the Boston Red Sox don’t take our feelings into account.

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A Thousand Splendid Runs

Yes Paul Konerko is awesome, just not that awesome. But still pretty awesome. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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The Marginally Lesser of Two Different Evils

Asking the important questions, like: when is it okay to cheer for Satan?

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The Civil Rights Game Counts For More Than You Think

Sometimes something as simple as a baseball game isn’t really all that simple.

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Of Pudges and Persistence

There can be only one and, depending on who you ask, there still is.

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Sammy Sosa Owes Us All A Big Apology

Waiting until 1994 to start doing steroids – how dare you? [Mouthpiece Sports]

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Sammy Sosa and the Thing That Never Was

Taking a look at the mind-blowing season that never was.

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Cubs-Sox Isn’t Dead, Just Really Pathetic

Remember when these teams were both soooo great? Yeah, me either. Death to the Cubs!

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Historic Wrigley Field

At the dawn of this year’s installment of the civil war, we present a few words on the city’s other, less-accomplished baseball team.

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In a Brew Country

So take that James Baldwin jersey out of here; it doesn’t fit you.

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In Praise of Interleague Baseball

It’s not that anyone wants the AL-NL showdowns, it’s just that so many people absolutely need them.

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The Decade of Paulie

Be careful what you wished for three years ago.

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