Why Ted Williams is frozen in a Scottsdale, Arizona, industrial park
by Ryan Ferguson
August 17, 2024
How a baseball legend became a cryonics case study.
The people (and pets) named after Nomar Garciaparra
by Ryan Ferguson
May 27, 2024
Exploring – and quantifying – the legacy of a Red Sox icon.
The Red Sox sued Doug Mientkiewicz for the 2004 World Series final out ball
by Ryan Ferguson
May 13, 2024
Barbs, lawsuits and arbitration between a team and its unlikely protagonist.
That time Doug Mirabelli got a police escort to a Boston Red Sox game
by Ryan Ferguson
January 16, 2024
The cross-country escapades of a rotund backup catcher.
The Red Sox once signed Sammy Sosa, but he never played for Boston
by Ryan Ferguson
December 3, 2023
How Slammin’ Sammy almost called Fenway home.
In search of Boston’s ‘Reverse the Curse’ Red Sox road sign
by Ryan Ferguson
November 4, 2023
How I found an urban masterpiece, 20 years later.
10 candidates to replace Chaim Bloom atop Red Sox front office
by Ryan Ferguson
September 14, 2023
Where does Boston turn next?
That time Billy Beane rejected the Red Sox
by Ryan Ferguson
August 10, 2023
Why the Moneyball icon refused record pay to become Boston GM.
Thoughts on the 2023 MLB trade deadline
by Ryan Ferguson
August 2, 2023
Mets blow it up; Red Sox and Yankees stand pat; Angels, Cubs and Padres go for it.
The scourge of toxic sports fandom
by Ryan Ferguson
July 30, 2023
What happens when we take sports too seriously?
In defence of Fever Pitch, the greatest Red Sox movie of all-time
by Ryan Ferguson
July 25, 2023
Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore and a heap of Red Sox nostalgia.
That time Manny Ramírez sold a used BBQ grill on eBay
by Ryan Ferguson
May 22, 2023
Inside the ecommerce side hustle of a Boston Red Sox legend.
Now what? How winning the World Series changed Cubs fans forever
by Ryan Ferguson
May 8, 2023
What happens when the lovable losers win?
Exploring the concept of fluid sports fandom
by Ryan Ferguson
February 6, 2023
Why supporting multiple teams is no longer taboo.
The return of your father's Red Sox
by Ryan Ferguson
December 18, 2022
How a baseball powerhouse fell into existential crisis.
Why sports team owners suck
by Ryan Ferguson
November 9, 2022
How private equity firms are destroying partisan ownership.
Notes + Scribbles 2
by Ryan Ferguson
August 20, 2022
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.
How Red Sox-Yankees Babe Ruth trade changed baseball forever
by Ryan Ferguson
January 2, 2022
Exploring the most infamous transaction in sports history.
Access Mannywood: An ode to Manny Ramírez with the Dodgers
by Ryan Ferguson
August 23, 2021
Notes on a chimeric slugger in Chavez Ravine.
The Bronx Zoo: How Bucky Dent led the Yankees to glory in 1978
by Ryan Ferguson
July 4, 2020
Inside the Yankees' most improbable world championship.
How the Astros sign stealing scandal cheated the Yankees out of glory
by Ryan Ferguson
February 21, 2020
A tale of trash cans and broken hearts.
20 things I learned from the MLB London Series 2019
by Ryan Ferguson
July 3, 2019
Tales from a two-game series.
Yankees sweep Red Sox in London as baseball dreams come true
by Ryan Ferguson
July 1, 2019
Notes from a weekend in baseball heaven.
Major League Baseball is coming to London this week, fulfilling my dream
by Ryan Ferguson
June 23, 2019
I'm going to watch the Yankees and Red Sox. Wow.
Yankees lose 2018 ALDS to Red Sox as dream season turns sour
by Ryan Ferguson
October 10, 2018
Notes from a bittersweet tragedy.
Inspired Indians sweep stunned Red Sox in ALDS
by Ryan Ferguson
October 11, 2016
Cleveland tops Boston in postseason of symbolism.
A Loving Biography of Babe Ruth, Baseball's Ultimate Hero
by Ryan Ferguson
May 9, 2016
The definitive story of The Great Bambino.
Red Sox fire Ben Cherington, hire Dave Dombrowski to oversee rebuild
by Ryan Ferguson
August 19, 2015
Exploring a philosophical change on Yawkey Way.
Missing The Greek God of Walks
by Ryan Ferguson
August 17, 2015
Remembering a Red Sox folk hero.
Why I can't help but love Roger Clemens
by Ryan Ferguson
July 15, 2015
Inside the complex reign of Roger Clemens.
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