On the intersection of competition, obsession, and tragedy

He has the opportunity to go out on top in an unusual way.

For our franchises three, what will it be in ’73?

The Winter Games are in Sapporo, and the Summer Games are in Munich. Will any of our three ball clubs perform Olympian feats?

Not quite one-third of the way into the season, so far it’s been a runaway.

Cole Hamels may have learned the wrong lesson from history.

The Beatles are going their separate ways. All in the Family and Soul Train are debuting on the tube. Will our ball clubs be having fun in ’71?

In season one, our Yankees got Tommy D., our Red Sox kept The Hawk, and our Indians got The Boomer. What might be in store this time around?

It’s time for another virtual-franchise triple-header. This time it’s the Yankees in the Roy White era, the Red Sox in the Rico Petrocelli era, and the Indians in the, um, Eddie Leon era.

Will the 2012 Giants escape the lousy hitting that doomed them in 2011?