They can win the World Series in one easy step: all the Phillies really have to do is crush the two greatest postseason pitchers of all time. At once. Piece of cake, right?
Oh brother, are you gonna leave me wasting away?
How to solve the ills of baseball scheduling? Take a cue from that other, more successful pro sports league. Concept baseball takes a small leap forward.
The sports media longs for the World Series of yore – but no one’s really sure why.
To enjoy this year’s World Series is really nothing more than to revel in the same loathing and contempt we always have. And that’s a good thing.
Cover your eyes, fans: the Boston Red Sox may be on the verge of murdering baseball itself.
So the Sox are out. Now what? Now we rebound. National League Championship Series, Dodgers vs. Phillies: Phillies fans, as we all know, are insane. And hateful. And spiteful. And mean. And their players carp a lot to the press. Also, Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez don’t need any more glorification in the sports press. [...]
What we talk about when we talk about Non-Sox playoff series: Cubs/Dodgers: If the Sox win (more on that tomorrow), may the Cubs win as well; if not, well, it will at least be kind of fun to watch Carlos Zambrano murder one (or many!) of his teammates on national television. Whatever. Prediction: Cubs in 4 OR [...]
If one good catch is worth $10 million annually, what are many good catches worth?
