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Tour of Despair: Pittsburgh
‘If you’re miserable now waiting in line, you’re going to be really miserable in hell.’
Sep 12, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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August 2022
Tour of Despair: Cincinnati
The first stop of our hero's quest.
Aug 18, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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Tour of Despair: Prologue
Welcome to the Tour of Despair. Four ballparks. Five days. Bad baseball. Lots of coffee.
Aug 17, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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April 2022
Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey and the Paschal Mystery
On Jackie Robinson Day and Good Friday, the writer reflects on faith that seeks to destroy evil. Is there any other kind?
Apr 16, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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March 2022
On the Edge of parody
How should a superstar treat the autumn of his career?
Mar 24, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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Yay?
Baseball is back, but there's so little to cheer for.
Mar 11, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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February 2022
Bad hair, worse judgment
A study in power and optics, writ large and small
Feb 28, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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January 2022
Hall of Fail
Let's talk Baseball Hall of Fame voting.
Jan 26, 2022
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Brent Sirvio
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December 2021
Till we have faces
We've put so many antiheroes over; have we forgotten what it is to cheer for the good guy?
Dec 14, 2021
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Brent Sirvio
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November 2021
Denial, bargaining, acceptance
2021's baseball season has come to an end. The labor war is about to begin. In spite of its faithless stewards, the game remains undefeated.
Nov 3, 2021
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Brent Sirvio
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Chop block
There are two reasons Rob Manfred said stupid things in response to questions around the Tomahawk Chop. Neither one is good.
Nov 1, 2021
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Brent Sirvio
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October 2021
Batless in the Battery
The National League Divisional Series went to Atlanta and never came back.
Oct 13, 2021
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Brent Sirvio
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