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Podcast Episode 94 Football replaced baseball as America’s favorite sport long ago. But, try as the Dallas Cowboy have, they have yet to replace the New York Yankees as the team Americans most love to hate. The way their season played out this year explains why. Listen.
Truth be told, this title does not do justice to the groundhog-day nature of what has become the New York Yankees’ fall classic of futility. But you don’t have to be a baseball fan to marvel at this curious thing: Never before in the field of professional sports has a team paid so much to… Read more.
This World Series began like a treat when the Washington Nationals took a 2-0 lead over the Houston Astros … in Houston … in their best of 7 games. But then it seemed like a trick when the Astros came to Washington and won 3-consecutive games to take a 3-2 lead back to Houston. Even… Read more.
Trust me, you don’t have to like baseball to marvel at this curious thing: never before in the field of professional sports has a team paid so much to win so little. New York’s season-ending defeat to the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series on Saturday means that for the first time since… Read more.
For even the casual sports fan, this headline must read like the second coming of Jesus Christ. That’s how improbable it was. In fact, my unwillingness to suspend disbelief informed the confidence inherent in writing them off as follows: The Chicago Cubs won a thrilling game against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night. But they still trail 3 games… Read more.
Here’s to the Rangers for spicing up this latest episode of As The Yankees Turn with this ironic twist at A-Rod’s expense. And just for that, and because they are the clear underdogs, I’m pulling for them to defeat the Giants and win their first World Series title. (Yankees return to their losing ways…, The… Read more.
I apologize unreservedly to all of my readers in Philadelphia for failing to pay tribute to the impressive and dramatic performance of your Phillies in defeating the Tampa Bay Rays to win this year’s World Series 4-1 in the best-of-seven series. I am especially mindful that my oversight is compounded by the fact that, for months… Read more.
