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The strange joy of naming obscure ballplayers
by Ryan Ferguson
Paying homage to the faded and forgotten hardball heroes of my youth.
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An ode to Masahiro Tanaka and the Yomiuri Giants
by Ryan Ferguson
On the melding of a Japanese pitching savant and his nation’s mightiest team
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Yankee Pride lives on
by Ryan Ferguson
Amid snarky ridicule, the pinstripes seethe in quiet dignity.
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The college football playoff process is absurd to this English noob
by Ryan Ferguson
Trying to understand a byzantine procedure.
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Thoughts on Juan Soto signing with the New York Mets
by Ryan Ferguson
Emptying the notebook following a historic sweepstake.
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There’s more to the Dodgers’ dominance than money
by Ryan Ferguson
Why Chavez Ravine is baseball’s go-to destination.
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Robinson Canó remains a Yankees demigod to me
by Ryan Ferguson
Lessons from the last time the Yankees lost a lefty-swinging Dominican superstar.
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If the Yankees want rotation upgrades, multiple moves are needed
by Ryan Ferguson
Exploring the Yankees’ starting pitching surplus.
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I cannot quit Gleyber Torres
by Ryan Ferguson
Why I refuse to give up on a flawed prodigy.
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The Dallas Cowboys conundrum
by Ryan Ferguson
Inside a $10 billion Death Star that never wins.
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Rōki Sasaki is the Red Sox’ panacea, but they probably won’t sign him
by Ryan Ferguson
If not Sasaki, then who?
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Okan Buruk’s Galatasaray are a thrilling throwback
by Ryan Ferguson
How a return to basics rebuilt Cimbom.
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Dodgers usurp Yankees as baseball’s vogue behemoth
by Ryan Ferguson
How Los Angeles toppled New York as the definitive MLB powerhouse.
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We are still giving Donald Trump too much credit
by Ryan Ferguson
On the chronic overestimation of a vacuous vessel.
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Spare a thought for British baseball fans this October
by Ryan Ferguson
On the exhausting, exhilarating ordeal of following the playoffs from afar.
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Aaron Judge is The Guy
by Ryan Ferguson
Another stupendous season puts #99 among Yankee greats.
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The A’s, the Expos, and the passage of time
by Ryan Ferguson
Thoughts from the A’s final game in Oakland.
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In search of the Kirk Gibson World Series home run ball
by Ryan Ferguson
Trying to find a missing grail of Los Angeles sports history.
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Why Ted Williams is frozen in a Scottsdale, Arizona, industrial park
by Ryan Ferguson
How a baseball legend became a cryonics case study.
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Joe DiMaggio in Poland – May 1962
by Ryan Ferguson
Retracing the long-lost footsteps of a baseball great.
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Diamondbacks’ Jay Bell once won a fan $1 million by hitting a grand slam
by Ryan Ferguson
Gylene Hoyle, Arizona contests, and a fairytale home run.
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Tranmere once beat Liverpool and Everton on back-to-back days
by Ryan Ferguson
Inside the chaotic mirage of wartime football.
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Marvin Park: From Tranmere Rovers youth to Real Madrid phenom
by Ryan Ferguson
From Birkenhead to the Bernabéu, in search of lost treasure.
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21 random baseball facts I need to get out of my head
by Ryan Ferguson
A Peter Gammons Sunday notes column crossed with a Baseball-Reference data leak.
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Justin Bieber and the Manchester Storm: An unlikely love affair
by Ryan Ferguson
How a global popstar became synonymous with a British ice hockey team.
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Who is the baseball bobblehead on Dwight Schrute’s desk in The Office?
by Ryan Ferguson
An ode to Mike Lieberthal.
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The people (and pets) named after Nomar Garciaparra
by Ryan Ferguson
Exploring – and quantifying – the legacy of a Red Sox icon.
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Marilyn Monroe attended a Yankees game in 2006. No, really – she did!
by Ryan Ferguson
A big league underdog, his mom with a famous name, and a storybook home run at Yankee Stadium.
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The Red Sox sued Doug Mientkiewicz for the 2004 World Series final out ball
by Ryan Ferguson
Barbs, lawsuits and arbitration between a team and its unlikely protagonist.
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From the All-Star Game to prison with Esteban Loaiza, MLB ace turned drug lord
by Ryan Ferguson
How a star pitcher swapped Yankee pinstripes for a khaki jail jumpsuit.
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