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Man Out of Time: The Life of Alvin Dark
Posts Tagged: Baseball
Was 2011 Baseball’s Greatest Season?
(published October 31, 2011) What makes a satisfying baseball season? For the pure rooter, it’s success for the home team,… Read more »
In the End, It’s Always About La Russa
(published October 26, 2011) Another rainy day in October, another postseason game delayed, an extra day to spend bashing Tony… Read more »
Holland Turns Series Around for Texas
(published October 23, 2011) About face! Just when you think you have a handle on the Cardinals-Rangers series, it takes… Read more »
A Strange Opener? That’s Baseball
(published October 20, 2011) Good pitching stops good hitting, and vice versa. It’s the mirror-in-mirror reflection of baseball, the game’s… Read more »
Cardinals Feel at Home in Hostile NLCS
(published October 13, 2011) The Brewers and Cardinals resumed hostilities Wednesday night, a phrase that is no mere figure of… Read more »
Three Game 5s Provide Divisional Drama
(published October 6, 2011) Game Five. Game Five. Game Five. The divisional series has been around since 1995, and only… Read more »
Sox and Rays Stage Unforgettable Finale
(published September 29, 2011) Did that really happen? Did those bizarre, dramatic, outlandish, inexplicable things actually take place? Truth is… Read more »
New York Marathon Keeps Red Sox Alive
(published September 26, 2011) The Red Sox and Yankees labored deep into the Bronx night Sunday, Boston clinging to the… Read more »
Don’t Look Past the Brewers
(published September 22, 2011) What team has given up the fewest runs since the All-Star break? Here’s a hint: They… Read more »
