Month: April 2013

In honor of Bryce Harper playing his 162nd career game, here is the list of the Top 12 home run hitters through Age 20 season: 1. Mel Ott, 61 2. Tony Conigliaro, 56 3. Alex Rodriguez, 41 4. Ken Griffey, 38 5. Frank Robinson, 38 6. Mickey Mantle, 36 7. Mike Trout, 35 8. Al…

So, there’s a poll up asking you to vote on who you think are the five most famous active athletes in the world. Now, among the trickier parts of this question is the word “world.” What does it mean? Take a look at the 10 most populous countries on earth. 1. China, 1.35 billion 2….

The Big Read on pitching phenoms is coming soon. In the meantime, I forgot to post a link to this piece I wrote about the fascinating career of Rick Ankiel.

Yes, a bit more on Jack Morris and pitching to the score … like you want to read more on that subject. Well, hey, this time it’s not my fault. I got an email from Brilliant Reader John asking a viable and interesting Jack Morris question: He pointed out that Morris, going back to when…

Three links to drop on you. — I had a lot of fun writing the Big Read this week about San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. — I did not have as much fun writing about sports and security in the wake of the Boston Marathon attack, but it’s a hugely important topic and I…

I have been working on this for a little while now. I was reading Roger Ebert’s Four Star Reviews (1967-2007) and, in addition to admiring the man’s utter brilliance, I found myself thinking: This amazing man’s life is in here. And I came up with this idea of taking just the opening sentences from 75…

First a golf question: You are a golfer facing two putts. The putts are exactly the same. Exactly. They are 20 footers. Uphill. Same weather conditions. Same wind. Same green. You correctly read both putts as left-edge, meaning that if you putt the ball at the proper speed toward the left edge of the hole,…

It was strange and kind of cool watching Tracy McGrady work out for the San Antonio Spurs today. McGrady, believe it or not, is only 33 years old. He seems so, so much older.

Michael Schur and I have been working out all sorts of technical details with the Poscast — such as, when and how to record one — and we continue to work on that. In the meantime, though, we realized that we HAVE to do our preseason predictions, even if it isn’t the preseason anymore. So,…