Writing

A futile, academic exercise to topple John Henry.

Traversing the whacky world of Terry Bollea baseball hallucinations.

In search of the ultimate ‘replacement’ Yankee.

Exploring a curse-busting pipedream.

The case for fluid, aesthetic, compassionate fandom.

The Tao of Buck Bokai, and the search for a real-life simulacrum.

Inside an infamous April Fools hoax.

The WBC, the CBA, and the looming cataclysm.

Why an out-of-town slugger rode down the Canyon of Heroes.

How an eccentric slugger became a Maduro apparatchik.

How nonchalance, myopia and stubbornness backed Brian Cashman into a corner.

How a tiny chihuahua is helping me put things into perspective.

A rodent, a foul pole, and sweet serendipity.

An ode to the greatest pitcher of his generation.

After 65 years, a change among the top four pinstriped homer hitters.

Why the Yankees’ GM grew up hating the Yankees.

Notes from a bout of pinstriped Stockholm syndrome.

How a botched waiver claim put a Bash Brother in the Bronx.

My successful search for an OG meme merchant.

Nintendo, Ichiro, and the chase for a capricious market.

Exulting a one-handed no-hitter in pinstripes.

The folly and flowering of Jason Isringhausen.

When a reliever went yard after midnight.

In search of lovable losers.

Decoding hardball headwear controversies, from Nicholson and Crystal to Fallon and Affleck.

Learning to respect a fully operational death star.

From Wisteria Lane to Tropicana Field with an $800 bottle of bubbly.

In defence of a misunderstood two-sport phenom.

An epochal tale of hot dogs and hysteria.

“I never said half the things I said.” – Yogi Berra