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Last night, I got this unsolicited review of The Baseball 100 from Bob Costas. Those of you who have heard my Bob Costas story will know just how much …
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What’s left now is the explosion. Bill James likes to say that in baseball, it’s the statistics that survive. As the years go on, people remember fewer…
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There isn’t any serious doubt that the greatest power-hitting catcher in baseball history is Josh Gibson. We will never know just how many home runs Gi…
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Browns 31, Houston 21 Summary: Browns dominate the third quarter after playing a meandering first half. The key moment: Being honest, the key moment pr…
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I’m writing this one through a pierogi, kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, mushroom soup hangover. Thursday night, in Troy, Mich., I received the Tony Kubek Aw…
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No player in The Football 101 inspired more disagreement, more consternation, more immovable viewpoints among the people I consulted with than Steven M…
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Some years ago, I wrote about how I’d love to be the Jimmy Carter peace broker on WAR. As you know, two of our favorite baseball stat sites — Baseball-…
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If I asked you, “Can you tell me the difference between the way Peyton Manning and Lamar Jackson played quarterback?" I imagine you would laugh for a w…
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If you’re even a moderate fan of NFL history, you probably have heard of The Mel Blount Rule. Mel Blount was a big, ferocious and hard-hitting cornerba…
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Kansas City 33, Browns 29 Summary: Chiefs score two four-quarter touchdowns and come all the way back from a 12-point halftime deficit. The key moment:…
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OK, here’s a little perspective on how much the game has changed. When Ozzie Newsome retired in 1990, his 662 receptions were good for fourth on the al…
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First off, let me apologize because I know you got a lot of emails this week from Joe Blogs. Well, hey, it was launch week, and you probably know that …
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