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The Orioles Are Not Just A One-Streak Wonder

In recent years, the Baltimore Orioles have generally been synonymous with historically bad baseball. The team had a nice five-season run from 2012 to 2016, averaging 89 wins a year and making three playoff appearances, but things fell off quickly as stars aged and franchise cornerstone Manny Machado was traded before he could hit free […]

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Ken Jennings Has Nothing On Joe DiMaggio

On Wednesday, we published an article by David Goldenberg about “Jeopardy!” great Ken Jennings’s amazing 74-match “Jeopardy!” win streak in 2004, called “Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break.” In it, Goldenberg explains how much of an absurd outlier Jennings is and examines some reasons that Jennings’s performance may be even harder […]

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Ken Jennings Has Nothing On Joe DiMaggio

On Wednesday, we published an article by David Goldenberg about “Jeopardy!” great Ken Jennings’s amazing 74-match “Jeopardy!” win streak in 2004, called “Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break.” In it, Goldenberg explains how much of an absurd outlier Jennings is and examines some reasons that Jennings’s performance may be even harder […]

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The Giants Clustered Their Luck

The 41,911 fans who filed into AT&T Park on June 8 got lucky. It was a perfect, 74-degree Sunday afternoon (instead of the notoriously fickle San Francisco weather), and the sky was filled with glorious sunshine. Those in attendance got a taste of baseball glory, too. The Giants beat the Mets 6-4 that day, making […]

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The Giants Clustered Their Luck

The 41,911 fans who filed into AT&T Park on June 8 got lucky. It was a perfect, 74-degree Sunday afternoon (instead of the notoriously fickle San Francisco weather), and the sky was filled with glorious sunshine. Those in attendance got a taste of baseball glory, too. The Giants beat the Mets 6-4 that day, making […]

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