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Worst of the Best Teams of the Decade

Andrew Reilly — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:13:19 +0000

When are 96 wins no better than 90, and when are they even worse than 89 (which were technically 88 in the first place)? When you're the Chicago White Sox, that's when. Part two in a series. [More]

Jumping Someone Else’s Train: Your 2009 NLCS and ALCS Previews

Andrew Reilly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:48:50 +0000

With most of the reprehensible teams out of the picture, the 35th Street Review hitches its star to another city's wagons. [More]

Those Were the Days, Apparently

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:16:06 +0000

The sports media longs for the World Series of yore - but no one's really sure why. [More]

Bold Predictions: Someone Else’s World Series Edition

Andrew Reilly — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:39 +0000

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. [More]

Curses!

Andrew Reilly — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:56:40 +0000

Cover your eyes, fans: the Boston Red Sox may be on the verge of murdering baseball itself. [More]

The 35th Street Post Office [October 9, 2008]

Andrew Reilly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:50:39 +0000

In which we succinctly answer your questions on what failure, mediocrity, and Addison Street all have in common. [More]

End of the Road

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:55:59 +0000

To reflect on the end of this year's baseball is to find that all, somehow, is well. [More]

If You Will It, Dude, It Is No Dream

Andrew Reilly — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:54:14 +0000

They went 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles, and the train kept-a-rollin'. [More]

If There’s a Light Up Ahead Well, Brother, I Don’t Know

Andrew Reilly — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:47:11 +0000

We could be heroes, just for staving off total humiliation another day. [More]

All of the Rest Will Flow

Andrew Reilly — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:14:52 +0000

Q: How many White Sox batters does it take to get a runner on second?

A: Four. One to hit a double and three to leave him there.

Twelve runners left stranded. An opposing ace on the ropes in the first inning. A chance to strike a deathblow before the Rays even get to bat.

The result? You know the answer to that.

The reason? You know the reason for that as well. Even Harold Reynolds made cracks about how many base hits it takes to generate a White Sox run.

Harold Reynolds!

So now, here we sit staring at our favorite team and their newly-created, self-dug, gaping defict. The home runs still don’t come, and the wins don’t either. This is almost exactly as ugly as we said it would be.