World Series ’25
Every great baseball game–and the Dodgers’ 5-4 seventh-game win was a great one–has a myriad of small moments a little flip of which might have altered the outcome. That, plus the amateur’s ability to see and second-guess so many of these moments, is one of baseball’s enduring virtues. Here are some of the things I […]
Twins Wait Till Next Year
The 2025 Twins’ 70-92 season is officially in the books. Because they traded away one-third of their roster at the trading deadline, the last two months have effectively been a try-out for the 2026 season. All the free agents were sent away early. There will be new ones next year–there had better be!–but it is […]
Vikings Flop
I awoke at 6:30 Sunday morning and figured that was the message for me to watch the Vikings-Steelers game being broadcast from Dublin. A mistake, except it kept me from signing up for the NFL Sunday Ticket TV package. The 24-21 final score was misleading, as the Steelers dominated both sides of the ball. What […]
The Comeback
This Netflix three-part documentary tells the story of the Boston Red Sox’s unprecedented comeback, in the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees, from an 0-3 deficit in the best of seven series. What was just as remarkable to me was its depiction of the very personal rivalry that existed between the two teams. Has there been […]
Timberwolves
As a regular but casual follower (fan?) of the Minnesota Timberwolves–i.e., I study the box scores but don’t watch the games–let me wrap up the ’24-’25 season with a few observations: 1. It’s not fair to blame a 30-point playoff-ending loss to OKC on one person, but when Jaden McDaniels missed four straight corner three’s […]