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Which Ohio State Football All-Decade Team Was Best? 1990s vs. 2000s vs. 2010s

Two National Championships. Ten BCS Bowl games. Three National College Football Playoffs. 14 Big Ten Championships. Three Rose Bowls. A 19-10-1 record against Michigan. These are the stats over 30 years of Ohio State football that encompassed the coaching tenures of John Cooper, Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer, and

Baseball

The Top Major League Baseball Stadiums, Ranked by the Fans

For months now we've been collecting responses to a poll asking fans to rank their favorite Major League ballparks. The results are in! 1. PNC Park 2. Wrigley Field 3. AT&T Park 4. Fenway Park 5. Camden Yards 6. Dodger Stadium 7. Petco Park 8. Citizens

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Pete Rose Does Not Belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame

In 1989 Pete Rose was banned from baseball, and with his shunning lost any hope of ever being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, at least while alive. Mr. Rose has made it clear he would prefer enshrinement, but it is unlikely to happen soon, even posthumously. Pete Rose&

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After Las Vegas, Should Charlotte, Portland, Nashville, Austin or Montreal Pursue a Major League Baseball Team?

While it's unclear exactly when baseball will expand next after Las Vegas, robust conversations in Charlotte, Portland, Nashville, Austin and Montreal have crowned those cities the heir-apparent destinations in MLB's future growth sweepstakes, the likely next on deck locations should the Marlins or Rays relocate,

Baseball

The Fundamental Failing of Dave Martinez' Washington Nationals

2025 note: This piece was written in real-time in May 2019, five months before the Nationals stormed back to stun the baseball world, beating the Houston Astros to win the World Series in seven games. After this piece was written, the Nationals finished the rest of 2019 with baseball&

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The 2018 Baltimore Orioles Were One of the Most Overrated Baseball Teams of All Time

At 47-115, the 2018 Baltimore Orioles were widely pitied as the worst team in baseball in 2018. Like many cellar-dwellers in recent memory, their futility, once demonstrated, was accepted as a given, and opponents fawned over the opportunity to play them. For those of us who remember the

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Where Have all the Errors Gone?

This is the story of the decline of baseball's premier defensive statistic – the error. In this study, we have tracked how and why the error has fallen off, and its unfortunate new role as the biggest waste of ink on a typical baseball line score. There’s a