Devils, Sox and Manny: One writer’s thoughts about baseball’s post-season
Playoff musings on the Dodgers, Red Sox and more.
Why baseball needs the Cubs to lose
If the curse is lifted, the magic of Chicago’s lovable-losers would be lost.
Power rankings for May 5
Just four teams are still playing, but they’re all pretty darn good.
The Internet doesn’t always win or another Rick Roll
Rick Astley Rick Astley Rick Astley. I bet you are absolutely sick of hearing about him or the concept of “Rick Rolling” by now, but this may actually make you feel better. The New York Mets asked fans (on the web!) to select a new eight-inning song, and the funny folks online (on [...]
Why you should care about the Colorado Rockies
In this age of baseball parity, every season can be the season.
MLB Playoff Panel for Sunday
Jason Plautz
“11 innings, no problem”
So how good was Saturday for sports? First, Northwestern takes Minnesota into double-overtime (and wins), then the Indians take the Red Sox into overtime (and win). Tacking on Friday’s extra-inning affair in Arizona, it’s been a long weekend in my sports world. The weekend’s two extra-inning games ended in very different [...]
Video face-off: How’re the MLB playoffs so far?
We asked NU students what they thought of the baseball playoffs:
Why you should care about climate change
Climate change will affect more than just our grandkids.
Outside the gates of Wrigley, Cubs fans still cheer on their team
Explore how ticketless fans gathered around Wrigley and still cheered on their Cubs.
MLB Playoff Panel: Predictions
Jason Plautz
“Cleveland Rocks”
Jason’s picks
After a baseball season so good, the Padres and Rockies felt they had to extend it another game and then some, we’re looking at what’s shaping up to be one of the best postseasons in recent memory. This year saw the sport’s greatest record broken, an unthinkable number of teams in contention [...]
Son of the coach, but still a member of the team
How to make sports about the kids, not the coaches.
MLB stretch run
The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone, and it’s time to size up where each team stands for baseball’s stretch run.
The AL Central saw only the Cleveland Indians improve, with the acquisiton of useful veteran Kenny Lofton. Lofton joins the Indians for the third time in his career. The Minnesota Twins [...]
Top ten MLB promotions this season
Check out the top ten MLB giveaways this baseball season.
Maybe steroids in baseball aren’t such a bad thing?
First of all, I’d like to establish that I’m not an advocate of steroids in baseball.
Now that we’ve cleared that up, I will say that the subject occupies much more spotlight than it deserves. Are steroids really as bad as everyone says they are?
Let’s first look at the negative impact of steroids on baseball. [...]