Hall of Fame Pet Project II

Yesterday, I put up a little post — really more of a teaser — to announce that I have decided to make Curt Schilling my new Hall of Fame pet project. I sense from some of the reaction to that piece that I missed my goal on that post, which was only to say:

The Public Ballots

The Baseball Writers Association of America gets hit pretty hard by fans, and, hey, we deserve that. We make plenty of…

My Hall of Fame Pet Project

I want to show you four pitching seasons. And if you could, I want you to tell me how many of them are Cy Young Award worthy in what you might consider a typical season.

Season 1: 22–6, 2.98 ERA, 157 ERA+, 3.11 FIP, 256 innings, 293 Ks, 37 walks, 37 HRs…

Browns 0–14

This has been a fantastic year to give up the NFL. All year long, I’ve only heard whispers about what I assume are major NFL storylines — some Ryan Shazier hit (or was he hit?), some quarterback (Tom Savage?) who went into convulsions at being crunched and was soon put back into the game, the continuing…

Browns 0–15

I had this scary moment late in the third quarter of the Browns’ typically humiliating 20–3 loss to the Chicago Bears Sunday. The Browns were down by 17 and were driving. On third and 3 from the Bears’ 20, quarterback DeShone Kizer dropped back to throw, faced down the pressure, and threw a little pass to…

The Browns and the 1962 Mets

Most people would consider the 1962 Mets to be the worst team in baseball history. Sure, you can talk about…

To Vote Tactically

I started voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame more than 10 years ago, and all the while I’ve had a core philosophy to always…

The Indis (Part 1)

My friend Tom Tango has more ideas than he can keep up with. One of those ideas is something he calls the Indis — to be…

Browns go to 0–12

I had this weird feeling on Sunday that the Cleveland Browns were going to win. I almost never have this feeling, for obvious reasons, so it was noticeable. Things just seemed lined up. The Browns were playing the Los Angeles Chargers in LA where nobody cares about them. The Chargers needed to…