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Confessions of a Former Diehard
I remember the exact moment my Mets fandom crested: September 16, 1998, when Todd Hundley cranked a pinch-hit solo homer to put the Mets up 4-3 in the 11th inning in Houston. Turk Wendell, that...
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The National League Has a Designated Hitter: What’s Next for Kyle Schwarber?
Some players make baseball appear impossibly easy: Ichiro beating out routine grounders, or Barry Bonds flicking an unhittable Eric Gagne fastball over the fence, or Daniel Murphy after being bitten by...
View ArticleThree Things the Blue Jays Need to Do to Win the ALCS
With a 3-2 lead in the ALCS and home field for the rest of the series, the Royals are big favorites to advance to the World Series for the second straight season. Armed with a contact-obsessed lineup...
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World Series Preview: Five Keys to Victory for the Royals and the Mets
One more day, and then it’s here: the series that literally none of us predicted. So, before the Royals attempt to atone for last year’s Fall Classic failure by taking on Sadaharu Oh Daniel Murphy and...
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World Series Rooting Guide: Picking a Team Based on What You Value in Life
It takes about eight months to get from the start of spring training to the start of the World Series. That’s a long time; I know a couple of med schools in the Caymans that’ll certify you as a...
View ArticleThe 15 Biggest Plays in Baseball History
The Kansas City Royals may have lost last year’s World Series, but in the most indelible moment of the series — indeed, of the season — the Royals held the fate of the championship in their hands. With...
View ArticleWorld Series Wrap: Something for Everyone in Game 1
Officially, one of the longest, weirdest, most scintillating games in World Series history ended on an Eric Hosmer 14th-inning sacrifice fly. But this five-hour, nine-minute roller-coaster ride...
View ArticleWorld Series Wrap: Cueto’s Game 2 Gem
Johnny Cueto steamrolled the Mets on Wednesday night, becoming the first American League pitcher to throw a complete game in the World Series in 24 years and leading the Royals to a 7-1 rout. He did so...
View ArticleCiti Field Psyops: How the Mets Can Beat Yordano Ventura
They say a playoff series starts when the home team loses a game. Of course, they say that only when the home team wins the first two games of a playoff series — the way they say, “There’s someone out...
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World Series Weekend: Five Questions for Three (or Two) Royals-Mets Games
Down 2-0 in the World Series to the Royals’ contact-hitting, run-suppressing juggernaut, the Mets head home for Games 3, 4, and 5 this weekend, trying to become the 14th team to come back out of 79...
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