Writing

Why the Moneyball icon refused record pay to become Boston GM.

Mets blow it up; Red Sox and Yankees stand pat; Angels, Cubs and Padres go for it.

Actions speak louder than words in the Bronx.

What happens when we take sports too seriously?

Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore and a heap of Red Sox nostalgia.

The Yankees are (still) a mess.

How the heir to Derek Jeter finally earned his pinstripes.

How signed baseballs from legendary Yankees reaffirmed my fandom.

Inside the ecommerce side hustle of a Boston Red Sox legend.

What happens when the lovable losers win?

How two kids dreamed of playing shortstop for the Yankees – and did.

How a storied baseball team got caught in a media arms race.

Inside the Chapter 11 filing of a baseball powerhouse.

Charting the rise and fall of online baseball writing.

How sports fandom became a full-time job.

How a baseball powerhouse fell into existential crisis.

Why the futile pursuit of objective solutions makes us sick.

How private equity firms are destroying partisan ownership.

My annual (futile) call for change in the Bronx.

On Tranmere’s upturn; the heroics of Mateusz Hewelt; Micky Mellon’s project; the suspension of Fernando Tatis Jr.; Aaron Judge’s home run chase; and why the Red Sox need new ownership.

On the Yankees’ slide; the random Jordan Montgomery trade; flawed front office idealism; the Rockies refusing to conform; Druw Jones’ injury; Vin Scully; MLB returning to London; Tranmere apathy; Dries Mertens at Galatasaray; and the inherent pleasure of writing.

If not now, when?

Exploring the most infamous transaction in sports history.

How the Bronx Bombers nearly became the Meadowlands Maulers.

Notes from an existential crisis.

My 10-step blueprint to salvage a lost franchise.

Predicting A-Rod's path to baseball ownership.

Notes on a chimeric slugger in Chavez Ravine.

Calling for root-and-branch reform of a failing franchise.

How Joltin' Joe made coffee cool.