Aaron Judge is The Guy
by Ryan Ferguson
September 30, 2024
Another stupendous season puts #99 among Yankee greats.
The A’s, the Expos, and the passage of time
by Ryan Ferguson
September 26, 2024
Thoughts from the A’s final game in Oakland.
In search of the Kirk Gibson World Series home run ball
by Ryan Ferguson
September 8, 2024
Trying to find a missing grail of Los Angeles sports history.
Why Ted Williams is frozen in a Scottsdale, Arizona, industrial park
by Ryan Ferguson
August 17, 2024
How a baseball legend became a cryonics case study.
Joe DiMaggio in Poland – May 1962
by Ryan Ferguson
August 6, 2024
Retracing the long-lost footsteps of a baseball great.
Diamondbacks’ Jay Bell once won a fan $1 million by hitting a grand slam
by Ryan Ferguson
July 30, 2024
Gylene Hoyle, Arizona contests, and a fairytale home run.
Tranmere once beat Liverpool and Everton on back-to-back days
by Ryan Ferguson
July 15, 2024
Inside the chaotic mirage of wartime football.
Marvin Park: From Tranmere Rovers youth to Real Madrid phenom
by Ryan Ferguson
July 8, 2024
From Birkenhead to the Bernabéu, in search of lost treasure.
21 random baseball facts I need to get out of my head
by Ryan Ferguson
July 3, 2024
A Peter Gammons Sunday notes column crossed with a Baseball-Reference data leak.
Justin Bieber and the Manchester Storm: An unlikely love affair
by Ryan Ferguson
July 1, 2024
How a global popstar became synonymous with a British ice hockey team.
Who is the baseball bobblehead on Dwight Schrute’s desk in The Office?
by Ryan Ferguson
June 11, 2024
An ode to Mike Lieberthal.
The people (and pets) named after Nomar Garciaparra
by Ryan Ferguson
May 27, 2024
Exploring – and quantifying – the legacy of a Red Sox icon.
Marilyn Monroe attended a Yankees game in 2006. No, really – she did!
by Ryan Ferguson
May 20, 2024
A big league underdog, his mom with a famous name, and a storybook home run at Yankee Stadium.
The Red Sox sued Doug Mientkiewicz for the 2004 World Series final out ball
by Ryan Ferguson
May 13, 2024
Barbs, lawsuits and arbitration between a team and its unlikely protagonist.
From the All-Star Game to prison with Esteban Loaiza, MLB ace turned drug lord
by Ryan Ferguson
May 1, 2024
How a star pitcher swapped Yankee pinstripes for a khaki jail jumpsuit.
Bobby Abreu once belonged to three MLB teams in four hours
by Ryan Ferguson
April 24, 2024
From Houston to Philadelphia via Tampa Bay with an under-appreciated outfielder.
Notes from New York
by Ryan Ferguson
April 22, 2024
Recapping our 10-day honeymoon in The City That Never Sleeps.
My all-forgotten Yankees team
by Ryan Ferguson
March 25, 2024
The players you probably forgot wore pinstripes.
Iván Rodríguez did NOT get called up to MLB on his wedding day
by Ryan Ferguson
March 18, 2024
Debunking a persistent myth of baseball arcana.
That time baseball superstar Rafael Palmeiro advertised Viagra
by Ryan Ferguson
March 4, 2024
Because everything is bigger in Texas, right?
A potted history of the Green Bay Packers’ season ticket waiting list
by Ryan Ferguson
February 5, 2024
On the 60-year wait for Lambeau Field seats.
This is a golden age of Cheshire Phoenix basketball
by Ryan Ferguson
January 31, 2024
In praise of my local club.
Heartbreak for the Green Bay Packers
by Ryan Ferguson
January 21, 2024
Notes from an agonising playoff defeat to the San Francisco 49ers.
That time Doug Mirabelli got a police escort to a Boston Red Sox game
by Ryan Ferguson
January 16, 2024
The cross-country escapades of a rotund backup catcher.
Groundhog Day with the Dallas Cowboys
by Ryan Ferguson
January 15, 2024
Thoughts on another premature playoff exit.
Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots, and the end of an NFL era
by Ryan Ferguson
January 11, 2024
Thoughts on the greatest football coach of all-time, and the team he leaves behind.
Nigel Adkins is revolutionising Tranmere Rovers
by Ryan Ferguson
January 5, 2024
How a returning prodigal son restored hope at Prenton Park.
Juan Soto is a Yankee! My initial thoughts
by Ryan Ferguson
December 7, 2023
Notes from the Evil Empire.
The Red Sox once signed Sammy Sosa, but he never played for Boston
by Ryan Ferguson
December 3, 2023
How Slammin’ Sammy almost called Fenway home.
Notes + Scribbles 6
by Ryan Ferguson
December 1, 2023
On the continued dominance of Baseball Twitter; the AI debacle at SI ; the Paul Mullin-Micky Mellon feud; the Tranmere tactics of Nigel Adkins; the demise of Belichick’s Patriots; the Yankees’ Evil Empire; the brilliance of Jude Bellingham; the transformation of Galatasaray; the devilish proliferation of Tupperware; and more.
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