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Ranking every World Series in MLB history
The World Series begins with only one promise: It will produce a winner. It won’t assure us a compelling story, though it does often deliver. It won’t guarantee seven nights of entertainment, though we’re frequently so blessed. There’s no pledge that we’ll remember more than one or two things about it 20 years later, but […]
Continue readingProject GOAT: A new top team
In a 12-team, 5×5 category league such as the one used in Project GOAT, that means there are 780 points available, 78 per category. The most any one team can get in one category is 12, the least is 1, so the range of outcomes is between 10 and 120 possible points; but introduce multiway […]
Continue readingThe most hyped prospect ever for all 30 MLB teams
Of course we love Major League Baseball prospects. Maybe it’s not fair that we pay so much attention to them and make silly comments like comparing a young player to Ken Griffey Jr. or saying this kid throws harder than Nolan Ryan, thus implying he might be the next Nolan Ryan. But we do it […]
Continue readingWe’ll miss MLB’s London Series, which gave us the weirdest game of 2019
America’s second attempt at exporting its national pastime to England was called off this week. Regardless of when Major League Baseball begins play again, the 2020 season will not include a London Series. As with so many coronavirus-related cancellations, this one is unsurprising, for the best and sad. The first attempt at Baseball Goes to […]
Continue readingSeen ‘Major League’ three times this week? Offbeat baseball movies, shows and documentaries you can stream right now
So, with Opening Day not expected to arrive anytime soon, we wondered — what else is out there to stream? On its 30th anniversary, we look at how “Major League” predicted the future. Sam Miller » We weren’t looking to create a list of the classics — if you’re wondering, “Major League II” is available […]
Continue readingThe best MLB games we ever saw: Twists and turns, heroes and zeros
This was supposed to be Opening Week, the time when MLB fans everywhere look forward to making a season’s worth of memories. Since we won’t have games to get excited about for a while, we thought it’d be fun to take a walk down memory lane by reliving some of our personal favorite baseball moments. […]
Continue readingThe best home runs we ever saw: Rocking Wrigley, Game 7 drama and Bat Night fun
This was supposed to be Opening Week, the time when MLB fans everywhere look forward to making a season’s worth of memories. Since we won’t have games to get excited about for a while, we thought it’d be fun to take a walk down memory lane by reliving some of our personal favorite baseball moments. […]
Continue readingSimulating the next decade of baseball with MLB The Show
Simulating games in a 162-game season, complete with minor league matchups and free-agency and draft elements, is nothing new to players. With MLB considering a new playoff format and some influential free-agency periods in the years to come, we wanted to know what the big leagues will look like 10 years from now, and we […]
Continue readingWe celebrated fantasy baseball’s 40th by building the greatest team of all time
It’s been 40 baseball seasons since Dan Okrent recruited 11 friends and colleagues to play in the very first rotisserie baseball league, as detailed in 1981 in Inside Sport magazine. There are several claims as to who invented “fantasy” sports, but there is no doubt who invented rotisserie baseball, the scoring system named for the […]
Continue readingGeorge Springer heckled as Astros continue spring boobird swing
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — George Springer could only stand there all alone and listen. The Houston Astros leadoff man had no choice when he stepped into the batter’s box a bit too early and was showered with loud boos Wednesday at a spring training game against the New York Mets. Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard […]
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