A Leap Year, a Leap of Faith

This year marks the first year that people have been 100% supremely confident about the Red Sox’s chances. Many people expect them to make the World Series. “How is this different from any other year,” one might ask. Well, the answer lies in the way...

The Strain on Pedro and Superstars

Transcript taken from Boston Dirt Dogs: He said some people – he’s not sure who – accused him of faking an illness last season to avoid pitching against the Yankees. He said that was bad, but this was worse. He said some people on the radio were...

Steroid Use in Baseball

Barry Bonds has blasted Turk Wendell for saying that Bonds takes steroids. Steroid use is a hot-button issue in baseball right now, and could be the most devasating thing to happen to baseball since the 1919 World Series fiasco – even more damaging than the 1994...

Team Chemistry

I’m going to jump into my own experiences to tell the story rather than break down major league teams by chemistry. I feel that by telling you my stories about baseball, you will get a better sense of how chemistry affects baseball. Did it affect the 2001 Red...

The Business Plan

Recently, the A-Rod debacle has a lot of people shooting their mouths off at John Henry, the owner of the Boston Red Sox. They say that John Henry had to only pay a couple million more (nope – the difference was thirty million). They say that Henry should not be...