Writing

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.

Why the Yankees are beloved in The Land of the Rising Sun.

On the death of Peter Seidler; the Astros hiring Joe Espada; the waning prime of Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge; the Athletics’ move to Las Vegas; and the harrowing genius of Pete Doherty.

How I found an urban masterpiece, 20 years later.

Where does Boston turn next?

Defending the Moneyball protégé chased from Los Angeles.

On the strange comfort of rooting for a team that never wins.