The Blue Jays are Interested in Jay Bruce By: Rachael McDaniel You sit in the ruined vestiges of what was once your home. You are shivering, your clothes long ago tattered beyond recognition; when you look at your hands, the skin is the same shade of grey as the suffocating cloud that hangs fixed in…
Why the Hall of Fame Doesn’t Matter By: Patrick Dubuque One of the hard things about getting old, as a writer, is having to share the same name as yourself. There are some vocations where growth and change are accepted as part of the aging curve: teaching, perhaps, or carpentry. But as a writer, once…
A Brief Ode to Two Men Stuck in the Beastie Boys’ Baseball Brains By: Zack Moser I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh. — Beastie Boys, “Hey Ladies” I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew. — Beastie Boys, “Sure Shot” In two songs released five years apart, the Beastie Boys compared themselves to…
Short Relief Investigates: Silicon Valley’s Baseball Innovations By: Zack Moser Major League Baseball, looking to appeal to younger audiences, has consulted with top Silicon Valley executives to come up with some ideas to inject new life into the National Pastime. Short Relief’s investigative team has uncovered a partial list of these recent and prospective innovations,…
On Cats, Anxiety, and the Houston Astros By: David Temple Verne is not a terribly… good cat. She’s not even all that cute. She doesn’t do much beyond sleep, yell at nothing in particular (she’s deaf as a stone), and occasionally pee on my bed when I’m at work. Oh, and she drools―all the time….
Can he lead Chicago’s rotation in October?
Some of our sons (Jason Kubel) were always large; some (Alfonso Soriano) weren’t but are now.
Role players who fill the Cubs’ six lineup spots around Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo have come up big in the second half.
An anecdotal assessment of Mark Trumbo’s defensive skill, and a breakdown of where Shohei Otani won’t go.
The keys to life: how to tweet, how to eat in a non-destructive fashion, and how to use animals to diffuse your existential terror.
Rich Hill’s perfect game dies in front of us, Jered Weaver’s career grinds to a halt, and TV’s Monk holds up.
Arrieta is looking more dominant than he has all season.
Today offers a selection of players who actually weren’t bad, but also somehow never good enough.
Suggesting an alternative line of nicknames for the Washington Nationals, and the latest adventures of Brooks Pounders, PI.
Will Brooks Pounders get his man? Are we truly living in the best of all possible worlds? Find out today in: Short Relief.