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One Thought on Every American League Team

This is the time of year to go through Opening Day projected lineups ... and just let the mind wander.

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I wrote this in 2012.

Feb 16

The Math Behind a Challenge

How the ABS challenge system adds to the never-ending mathematical calculations in Major League Baseball.

Feb 13

Baseball is Back (Sort Of!)

Pitchers and catchers report, Why You Love Baseball returns — and Bob Costas joins the PosCast this week.

Feb 11

The Basketball FROGs

The players who define greatness in basketball — including a doctor who made house calls

Feb 10

The Ubiquity (and Wonder) of Hot Takes

On shortcuts, certainty and why everything doesn't have to be a fight

Feb 9

Sticking to Two Doughnuts Per Day

The happy life of Mickey Lolich, gracious losers, Big Fan giveaways, a Super Bowl pick, and a Friday in The Clubhouse

Feb 6

Six Days Until Pitchers and Catchers

Joy, chocolate footballs, billionaires, and the things we might do differently

Feb 4

Staring Out the Window

On baseball, snow, memory and waiting for spring

Feb 2

January 2026

The Unrelenting Math of Greatness

The snubbing of Bill Belichick, the impossibility of Novak Djokovic and some old-man references in The Clubhouse

Jan 30

We start our FROG series with golf — and five golfers who expand the meaning of greatness

Jan 27

Some Things Are Worth More Than Money

José Ramírez will be decidedly underpaid, but this new contract cements him as a Cleveland legend.

Jan 26

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