Sports Illustrated- MLB

Dec 21, 2021

Nelson Cruz Is Still Booming

Baseball’s late-blooming, ageless wonder is still going strong in his 40s.

Oct 12, 2021

Inside the Thrilling and Super Fun Red Sox–Rays ALDS

What a series. We typically reserve that summation for playoff series that go the full five or seven games, because there’s nothing like the adrenaline rush of a winner-take-all game to decide an exciting matchup. But the Red Sox–Rays ALDS, which ended in four games with Boston's knocking out last ...

Oct 11, 2021

How Traditional Extra-Innings Rule Impacts the Playoffs

Last night was one of the most absurd nights of Division Series baseball that I can remember. The first game of the night, between the Red Sox and Rays at Fenway, ended after 13 innings in a 6–4 Boston win and a 2–1 series lead. The second game of the night—the first playoff game hosted at ...

Oct 11, 2021

Bizarre Ground-Rule Double Prevents Rays From Scoring Go-Ahead Run vs. Red Sox

Tampa Bay seemed destined to take the lead in the 13th inning of Game 3 against the Red Sox, but a bad bounce and a short wall had other ideas.

Oct 09, 2021

There’s Nothing Like Watching Aces Shove in October

It took until yesterday afternoon—the fourth day of the postseason—before two starting pitchers completed six innings in the same game. Hours later, two other starting pitchers did it again. It was refreshing to see, not because of some old-timey, pitcher-wins-matter romanticism. But simply because ...