Similar Articles |
|
Sports Illustrated July 5, 2000 Frank Deford |
Back to 2000 -- and reality -- in Boston Oh, Y2K looked so much like ours. And then the season started, and whaddya know, whatever the millennium, it turned out to be just another Boston baseball season, like any other. |
Sports Central October 14, 2003 Louis Llovio |
Even in its Shining Hour, MLB Manages to Screw Things Up World Series scheduling could be a fiasco |
Sports Central July 11, 2004 Martin Hawrysko |
Garcia's Signing Only a Start for ChiSox The general idea in Major League Baseball is, whatever or whomever the New York Yankees want, they get. Apparently, someone forgot to inform Chicago White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams of that notion. |
Sports Central August 9, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
All The Way Back? With Mark Prior healthy and with a rejuvenated Greg Maddux now in the 300-win club, the Cardinals, and the rest of baseball, must be wary of the Cubs. |
Sports Central December 26, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
Yanks Look Like AL East Champs It's impossible to tell what the regular starting lineup for the Yankees is going to be come March, but you can be confident that it will look like an all-star team. |
Salon.com April 3, 2002 Allen Barra |
Baseball 2002: The fix isn't in So you think the big-market teams have it all locked up? Then I guess you'll be betting on the Los Angeles Dodgers... |
Sports Central October 2, 2003 Jeff Zaginailoff |
Looking Ahead, and Back, At the World Series Matchups A look at the possible World Series matchups and the history between the teams. |
Sports Central May 26, 2006 Isaac Miller |
Red Sox and Yankees: Rethinking the Rivalry If this is the most storied rivalry in all of baseball, where was it from 1918 to 1967? |
Sports Central March 7, 2005 Damian Greene |
The Blizzard of Oz As the owner of the White Sox, a sports franchise in the third-biggest market in the U.S., Jerry Reinsdorf needs to spend the money to bring in the players to win a championship. |
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Christopher Condon |
The Red Sox Nurture a 'Sellout' Streak The team's claim of a perennial full house is questionable, but lucrative. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Ira Boudway |
The Red Sox-Liverpool Deal as a Global Model U.S. baseball clubs and British soccer teams find common ground. |
BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 |
Who Needs Johnny Damon? Despite the loss of the All-Star center fielder, the numbers favor the Boston Red Sox, according to principal owner John W. Henry. |
Sports Central August 10, 2007 Bob Ekstrom |
Cards/Cubs Still an Undercard Cubs and Cards fans regard their rivalry as Red Sox/Yankees on steroids. |
Sports Central September 18, 2003 Marco Santana |
End of Season Baseball Musings A few random musings as the baseball season nears its end. |
Sports Central August 22, 2011 Jeff Kallman |
A Not-So-Nice Finish The Chicago Cubs wanted Jim Hendry to hang around long enough to run the club's draft and get their draftees signed, but they didn't want him making any significant moves approaching the non-waiver trade deadilne. |
Sports Central December 17, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
The Cubs Show Lester More Than the Money In the end, there was more to Jon Lester's signing choice than the dollars in his own pocket. A man doesn't take the second-best offer on the table because he's only in it for the money. |
Sports Illustrated June 27, 2000 Mark Mravic |
Scorecard It's time the Cubs made the supreme sacrifice for a Series. At Cubs games, these big, happy outdoor parties, it hardly matters whether the beloved Cubbies win or lose. Which is precisely why Wrigley Field must go. |
Sports Central January 27, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
Ernie Banks, RIP: Always a Beautiful Day There is no joy in Wrigleyville. Mighty Ernie has checked out. At 83. Cub fans aren't the only ones in baseball's world who think that, for Ernie Banks, it's still too young to go. |
Sports Central October 5, 2007 Alvin Chang |
Farewell Baseball, From Yours Truly Every time the baseball playoffs start, fans are subjected to the same David vs. Goliath story line. |
Sports Central September 24, 2007 Phil Backert |
MLB Playoff Chase Down to Final Stretch The last week of the season in Major League Baseball could not be more exciting for fans as the hunt for October hits the final stretch run. |
Sports Central September 21, 2004 William Geoghegan |
Do Talented Cubs Have a Chance? On paper, the Chicago Cubs should be one of the top four teams in the National League. But as we all know, baseball games aren't played on paper. |
Fast Company September 14, 2011 Emma Haak |
Baseball By The Billions (Of Dollars) How do you assemble a great American pastime? With bats, balls, beer -- and a pro league that nets $6.1 billion in revenue. As the World Series looms, we break down what's driving Baseball Inc. |
Sports Central October 29, 2004 Danny Sternfield |
Curse Snatcher: A Study in Cub Baseball The Cubs and the Red Sox both play in large markets with substantial payrolls, and both had not won a World Series in forever and a day. The difference between the two teams: Boston did something about it. |
Sports Central May 3, 2008 Sean Crowe |
How the Yankees Became the Red Sox The formerly loveable loser Boston Red Sox have become the new Evil Empire. |
Sports Central November 2, 2005 Danny Sternfield |
A Journey to the Top The world champion White Sox used a combination of grit and guile to take the title. |
Sports Central September 19, 2011 Louie Centanni |
Oh, Ryno, Give Us One More Chance If the Cubs want to have the best shot to return to prominence in the next three to five years, they need to make Ryne Sandberg their next manager. |
Sports Central September 6, 2004 Damian Greene |
Chicago Conundrum There was a time when the curse was content with not allowing the Cubs to win a World Series, but now, that it has broken free from it's cage, seems to have decided to take its fury out on all of Chicago sports. |
Sports Central September 30, 2003 Mason Williams |
Playoff Division Series Psychology Rather than studying matchups, statistics, and other numerical aspects and prognosticating outcomes, I would like to speculate on the emotional and psychological states of the teams in order to determine this year's division series outcomes. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Red Sox in the Big Show With the Red Sox and Yankees already moving ahead to the playoffs, advertisers are moving to secure prime playoff slots. |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Check your calendar Despite some feel-good stories in Major League Baseball, keep in mind it's only April... |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Tim Beyers |
Quick Take: The Best Part of the Tribune Deal Be grateful, Cubs fans. Now that real estate magnate Sam Zell has announced his intent to sell your team and keep the rest of ailing media giant Tribune Co., you have hope. Take it from a Yankees fan. |
AskMen.com April 6, 2013 Brett Smiley |
Baseball Fans The dawn of baseball every April tends to shower fans of every team with a clean slate and hope, when in reality, the writing is on the wall: a large chunk of the league is hopeless. |
Sports Central June 10, 2005 William Geoghegan |
These Cubs Are Dusty's Kind of Team The 2005 Cubs, the stripped-down, less powerful, injury-riddled, not-that-great-on-paper Cubs, are playing better than the 2004 edition really ever did. |
Salon.com June 13, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
So long, Sammy As the centennial of their last World Series victory nears, the Chicago Cubs prepare to trade their best and most popular player. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Symonds, Lowry, Polek & Weber |
Breaking The Curse Can John Henry's Red Sox finally win a World Series? |
Sports Central September 18, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Hope Springs Eternal, But Should It? What do Cubs fans have if they don't have hope? |
Salon.com July 7, 2000 Allen Barra |
The new Black Sox The Cubs know they can lose games and draw capacity crowds with or without Sammy Sosa and his big salary, so they're going to dump him. How is that different from throwing games for gambling money? |
Sports Central October 14, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
NLDS: Clubs (er, Cubs) Go to NLCS Believe it. The Chicago Cubs have clubbed their way into the National League Championship Series. |
Sports Central August 1, 2007 Mark Janzen |
MLB Trade Deadline Day Duds Does the trade deadline really warrant the season-changing hype it seams to garner each year? |
Sports Central October 6, 2004 Martin Hawrysko |
Failed Season, Dismal Future for Cubs The 2004 Cubs team was built to accomplish one thing -- win the World Series. With the future of Sosa, Alou, and Garciaparra unknown, only God knows what this team will look like next season. |
Sports Central October 30, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
The Great Comeback Team The real story was how the Red Sox had managed to come up so big with their arms and bats at every occasion necessary after losing Game 4 of the League Championship Series in Cleveland. |
Sports Central December 2, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
Red Sox Pay the Price Last year, the Red Sox decided they couldn't afford to return Jon Lester for about $140 million less than they've decided they can afford to bring David Price aboard this year. |
Sports Central August 12, 2008 Jeff Kallman |
The Curse of the Rambino? Manny Ramirez had been stripped of his Red Sox silks at last, by way of a three-way swap making a Los Angeles Dodger of him and a Red Sox out of Jason Bay. |
Sports Central October 20, 2004 Hank Waddles |
It's the End of the World As We Know It The seventh game of any series in any sport is special, but game between the Red Sox and Yankees is something more than we're used to, for about 1,918 reasons. Here are a few. |
Sports Central October 9, 2003 Pete Sweigard |
The Bizzaro World of Cubs/Sox The possibility of a Cubs/Red Sox World Series has much of the baseball world inanely giddy this postseason. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Bob Bobala |
Boston's Hottest Stock Are the Red Sox a stock on the rise, or will the Yankees do them in again? |
Sports Central November 1, 2004 Diane M. Grassi |
2004 MLB Season in Retrospect While articles, book deals and high-paying endorsements will be doled out to the Boston Red Sox and their individual players well into the 2005 season, the ending to the 2004 Major League Baseball season left a lot of us perplexed and yearning for a more balanced and tidier ending. |
Sports Central September 7, 2005 Matt Thomas |
Stretch Run is Full of Hidden Gems As the sun sets on the 2005 Major League Baseball season, a little retrospection is appropriate. |
Sports Central May 31, 2006 Joe Pietaro |
MLB at a Glance as We Pass Memorial Day Baseball fans can start to see how their teams are shaping up by perusing the standings at the end of May. |
Sports Central October 31, 2013 Jeff Kallman |
World Series Game 6: B Invincible The Red Sox turned out to be the best team in baseball, winning a World Series against a team that was the next-best team in baseball by a hair. And, a three-run double. And, perhaps, the most inadvertent destiny in 21st Century baseball. |