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The Case for Widening the MLB Foul Lines July 23, 2024
In the bottom of the sixth inning of a July 6 game between the Twins and Astros, Twins third baseman Jose Miranda came to the plate poised to do something unprecedented. Miranda had started the day 2-for-2, after hitting safely in his previous 10 tri...
The Kafkaesque Journey of the Oakland A’s May 21, 2024
The Oakland Coliseum, where the Athletics usually play, is a regular major-league baseball park, with a pitcher’s mound that measures sixty feet six inches from home and bases that are ninety feet apart. But other teams have shinier parks, with fewer...
The Shohei Ohtani Gambling Story Doesn’t Make Sense March 22, 2024
When news broke that Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had been accused of stealing $4.5 million from the baseball superstar to pay down gambling debts with a California bookie, it was already one of the more consequential sports stories o...
