Writing

In search of lovable losers.

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

Waddup! Waddup! Section 10 in the building!

On an unlikely Eras Tour rendezvous.

Hanley, or not Hanley, that is the question.

Emptying the notebook following a historic sweepstake.

If not Sasaki, then who?

How a baseball legend became a cryonics case study.

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

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

The cross-country escapades of a rotund backup catcher.

How Slammin’ Sammy almost called Fenway home.

How I found an urban masterpiece, 20 years later.

Where does Boston turn next?

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.

What happens when we take sports too seriously?

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

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

What happens when the lovable losers win?

Why supporting multiple teams is no longer taboo.

How a baseball powerhouse fell into existential crisis.

How private equity firms are destroying partisan ownership.

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.

Exploring the most infamous transaction in sports history.

Notes on a chimeric slugger in Chavez Ravine.

Inside the Yankees' most improbable world championship.

A tale of trash cans and broken hearts.

Tales from a two-game series.

Notes from a weekend in baseball heaven.