Archive for December 2007
THT’s chance to pick the brain of one of the most respected baseball writers out there, John Thorn.
Turns out this is historically the most poorly played game in the Fall Classic. However, there’s still plenty of excitement in these games with all their sloppy glory.
Having looked at the best Series openers, an overview of the best Second Acts.
A top ten list that contains 14 games. And I bet you thought a person had to be good at math to write for this place. Ha!
October 2007 was a disappointment, but let’s put it in context by looking at the last 25 postseasons.
What kind of schmuck says the Casey Stengel-era Yanks winning it all is an upset? The Chris Jaffe kind of schmuck—read and find out why.
The Man. The Myth. The Flannel. If you frequent this site, here’s an interview with the man who has your dream job.
A look at history’s greatest October upsets to determine what characteristics are most pronounced in these surprising clashes. Oh, and it turns out that this info also describes one of this year’s remaining squads.
Apparently, blowing a seven game lead with 17 to play wasn’t quite enough to make the Mets dump their manager, Willie Randolph. How much precedent is there for this decision and what will the future likely hold for Randolph?
Having collected a slewload of offensive splits from every team in the last half-century, Chris dives into it a second time to extract some of the more interesting nuggets.