The only thing louder than the Gampel Pavilion speakers was the referee’s whistle every time UConn committed a foul. Usually dampened by the roar of the crowd, the ref’s whistle pierced through a practically empty arena every time UConn committed a foul — 24 times to be exact. Even though the Huskies won 69-57, it’s clear there’s a lot of work to be done. | Originally published November 28, 2020
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The Yankees need to trade Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge is a great baseball player. When healthy, he's one of the best bats and gloves in the game. But he's so rarely fully healthy. It's time for the Yankees to cut bait and cash out. | Originally published October 25, 2020
Jeff Pearlman talks his new book, ‘Three-Ring Circus’
Kobe Bryant. Shaquille O’Neal. Phil Jackson. The Los Angeles Lakers of the late 1990s and early 2000s were a collection of some of the most volatile teams of all-time. But that didn’t matter. Throughout all the arguments, fighting and drama that went down both publicly and privately, they found a way to win three-straight titles just one year removed from Phil’s second three-peat with the Bulls. Somehow, it worked. Until it didn’t. | Originally published September 16, 2020
Tom Seaver, the greatest Met ever
Wednesday night, the world learned of the passing of baseball legend Tom Seaver. He was 75. | Originally published September 4, 2020
Fernando Tatis Jr. did nothing wrong
Major League Baseball has a marketing problem. They seemingly just can’t figure out how to successfully attract a younger generation of fans. Recently, Fernando Tatis got flack for just doing his job, hitting a home run. It's time to just Let. The. Kids. Play. | Originally published August 18, 2020
Pitchers can and should win MVP
Pitchers have won the MVP award in baseball before. Clayton Kershaw won the NL MVP in 2014. Justin Verlander won the AL MVP in 2011. Dennis Eckersley won the AL MVP in 1992. Wow, that was a large gap. It happens, but not nearly as much as it should. Why is that? | Originally published October 25, 2020
The ‘oh yeah, he played for the Mets’ all-time team
The Mets have had a lot of great players in their organization throughout the years. Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, David Wright, Richie Ashburn — wait what was that last one? | Originally published June 10, 2020
J.D. Davis is the best hitter on the Mets
In November, I wrote an article titled “The case for keeping J.D. Davis” for my student newspaper. Now, I’m doubling down. This time, because the Mets clearly did keep Davis, I’m going to prove why he needs to be in the lineup every single day. | Originally published June 2, 2020
A deep-dive into the longest at-bat in MLB history
Earlier this week while I was playing MLB The Show I had a 17-pitch at-bat, which got me thinking, what is the longest at-bat in MLB history? Turns out, it was much more recent than I would have guessed. | Originally published April 9, 2020
Kyla Irwin deserved better
When Kyla Irwin went down on Sunday, I immediately thought to myself, “That’s it. That’s her career.” She was too high in the air, she came down too hard and she was in too much visible pain for it to be anything minor. I couldn’t be more disappointed to be right. I wish I had been wrong. | Originally published March 10, 2020
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