Grant Brisbee
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A couple of Cubs are being total weenies about Eric Thames and PEDs
John Lackey and Chris Bosio are wink-winking about performance-enhancing drugs, and it’s both familiar and gross. Just ask Jake Arrieta. → Read More
World Baseball Classic 2017 live updates: USA. vs. Puerto Rico score, highlights, and news
The United States and Puerto Rico each try for their first WBC championship → Read More
Remembering Yordano Ventura and Andy Marté
Baseball lost two players in separate accidents over the weekend, and we’re all forced to remember that nothing makes sense. → Read More
Mike Trout is the MVP because there isn’t a definition of ‘most valuable’ that excludes him
Mike Trout won the second MVP he’s deserved for years, which should give you hope for the future of the award. → Read More
The Cubs finally won the World Series, and it took one of the best baseball games ever to do it
The Cubs are World Series champions. You’ll just have to get used to the sound of that. → Read More
The 5 ridiculous trades that got the Cubs and Indians into the World Series
The Cubs and Indians are in the World Series because they did a lot of things right. They’re also there because of some deals that still haunt their trade partners. → Read More
The Cubs are where they want to be, and the Indians need to forge ahead
The first two games of the World Series couldn’t be more different. That’s good and bad news for both teams. → Read More
Cleveland was the center of the sports world, for one night
The World Series began a couple hundred feet away from the first championship ceremony in Cleveland sports history. This is kind of a big deal. → Read More
How to decide if you're an Indians or Cubs fan for the World Series
If you like championship droughts, you've come to the right sport. But the droughts are both so miserable and long, it's hard to nail down your rooting interests. We can help. → Read More
The Cubs won the National League pennant because curses are dumb
The Cubs are the best team, and they’re going to the World Series for a reason. The only surprising part about it is that we’re surprised. → Read More
Here are the real villains of the Steve Bartman game
The Cubs famously blew a 3-0 lead with five outs left in the 2003 NLCS. Say, whose fault was that anyway? → Read More
The Indians are in the World Series
They’re there because of their prospects, just not in the way they were expecting. Not even remotely. → Read More
The Dodgers are up 2-1 over the Cubs, and here’s what recent history tells us
The Dodgers are favorites to win the pennant, and the Cubs are hosed. But so were these other teams. → Read More
Rich Hill is a remarkable baseball weirdo
Rich Hill has been bought and sold, broken and fixed, in and out of the majors. And now he’s starting one of the most important Dodgers games of the last 30 years. → Read More
A history of baseball teams down 0-3 in a postseason series
You’re here because you’re either a Blue Jays fan or morbidly curious. I wish I had better news for you. → Read More
Andrew Miller is the last bargain in baseball
Hyperbole? Sure! But Miller is redefining the value of an untouchable, durable reliever in the postseason, and it's making us wonder what everyone was thinking two years ago. → Read More
The Cubs just stole home in a playoff game for the first time since 1907
Javier Baez turned a mistake into a steal of home, and it was the first time it happened in a postseason game for the Cubs since they were known as winners. → Read More
Trevor Bauer's ALCS start has been pushed back because he cut his finger fixing a drone
The Indians starter injured his pinky on his pitching hand while repairing a drone, and he’ll start Game 3 instead of Game 2. → Read More
The Dodgers used their best players, and it worked
The Dodgers are going to the NLCS, and they used their best players to get there. It’s weirder than it sounds. → Read More
The Dodgers are addicted to starters on short rest
The Dodgers have built a rather unique strategy behind having the best starter in baseball, but now they're extending it to Rich Hill. → Read More