The Red Sox Just Benefited from Baseball's Tuck Rule: Rule 5.05(a)(8), The Inadvertent Ground Rule Double Back in Week 5 of the 2001 NFL season, the Patriots entered the week with a 1-3 record. They fell behind and found themselves down by 10 points in the 4th quarter with a young, unproven quarterback at the [...]
Why the Red Sox Wild Card Starter Needs to be Nate Eovaldi If you were Alex Cora and tasked with setting the rotation for a playoff series, you would feel pretty good about your chances right about now. Not only do you have three above-average starters in Natan Eovaldi, Eduardo Rodgriguez, and Nick Pivetta, but [...]
Beware of Yelling "Dinger" at the Rockies Mascot Dinger... You Racist *This post has been updated with the fallout and Apology from Aram Leighton* Imagine this scenario: You are sitting in the second row at beautiful Coors Field in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Colorado Rockies are playing host to the Miami Marlins. It is the [...]
Race-Baiters are Ubiquitous and the Driving Force in America Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer because she was about to stab and--more than likely--kill a black girl. LeBron James' reaction to this was to blame the police officer. In LeBron's eyes, Ma'Khia Bryant's life was more valuable than the black girl [...]
Some States Are Giving Up, But What Are They Giving Up On? The Germans couldn't do it. The Japenese couldn't do it. Hell, not even the Confederacy could do it, but the Derek Chauvin case might make America quit. If you have read and seen the reaction to the Derek Chauvin case, it is clear [...]
Ranking the Stupidests Masks of the Pandemic Stupid masks are almost as ubiquitous as Covid-19. During the pandemic, we all agreed--without truly understanding Covid-19--that wearing masks was a requirement. If you wanted to go out and about before the vaccine, you had to wear a mask. In the car with somebody else, while shopping at [...]
Commissioner Manfred's Woke Baseball Moves Killed MLB One of the most poignant complaints to the opposition of Georgia Bill S.B. 202 is how its opponents are racist and treat voters like children. The opponents to S.B. 202 regard voters in Georgia as children incapable of performing even the most menial tasks. Standing in line? Too [...]
Quitting MLB is the Easiest and Toughest Thing I'll Ever Do I buried my father before my 31st birthday. I have worked 70 hour weeks for months on end for no pay. Played with broken bones and caught MLB pitchers with a torn ligament in my catching thumb. But no matter the pain I have [...]
Flashback: Remember When Manny Machado Spiked Dustin Pedroia's Career? The first thing that popped into my head when I read about Dustin Pedroia officially calling it a career was, "F*#ken Manny Machado." Manny Machado killed Dustin Pedroia's career. Well, if you want to get technical about it, Manny Machado spiked Dustin Pedroia's career back on [...]
Rob Manfred's Illogical Stance on Negro Leagues Statistics It is fitting on the same day I published an article whose thesis can be boiled down to, "you cannot make me say anything I do not want to say," Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, declared all Negro Leagues statistics equivalent to MLB statistics. [...]
