Writing

Why Chavez Ravine is baseball’s go-to destination.

Lessons from the last time the Yankees lost a lefty-swinging Dominican superstar.

Exploring the Yankees’ starting pitching surplus.

Why I refuse to give up on a flawed prodigy.

If not Sasaki, then who?

How Los Angeles toppled New York as the definitive MLB powerhouse.

On the exhausting, exhilarating ordeal of following the playoffs from afar.

Another stupendous season puts #99 among Yankee greats.

Thoughts from the A’s final game in Oakland.

Trying to find a missing grail of Los Angeles sports history.

How a baseball legend became a cryonics case study.

Retracing the long-lost footsteps of a baseball great.

Gylene Hoyle, Arizona contests, and a fairytale home run.

A Peter Gammons Sunday notes column crossed with a Baseball-Reference data leak.

An ode to Mike Lieberthal.

Exploring – and quantifying – the legacy of a Red Sox icon.

A big league underdog, his mom with a famous name, and a storybook home run at Yankee Stadium.

Barbs, lawsuits and arbitration between a team and its unlikely protagonist.

How a star pitcher swapped Yankee pinstripes for a khaki jail jumpsuit.

From Houston to Philadelphia via Tampa Bay with an under-appreciated outfielder.

Recapping our 10-day honeymoon in The City That Never Sleeps.

The players you probably forgot wore pinstripes.

Debunking a persistent myth of baseball arcana.

Because everything is bigger in Texas, right?

The cross-country escapades of a rotund backup catcher.

Notes from the Evil Empire.

How Slammin’ Sammy almost called Fenway home.

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.

On the gradual resuscitation of Tranmere; the difference-making acumen of Nigel Adkins; the rise of Rob Apter; the immortal Connor Jennings; the Dallas Cowboys’ annual tease; the absurdity of Dolly Parton’s Thanksgiving halftime show; the genius of Mike McDaniel; and the Mariners doing Mariners things.

On the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes; the Cardinals’ journeyman pitchers; the Yankees’ lack of retained wisdom; the MLB London Series 2024; and the smug joy of actually having a train ticket.