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BLUMENFELD | Heaven, Hell …Homeruns?

By Eli Blumenfeld January 27, 2023

Welcome to a new year of Rounding the Diamond! This year at The Hoya, we will be experimenting with a new digital scratch-and-sniff technology. Don’t believe me? Try scratching that little photo of...

CHRISTOVICH: A Farewell Letter to David Ortiz

CHRISTOVICH: A Farewell Letter to David Ortiz

By Amanda Christovich October 14, 2016

Dear David Ortiz, I grew up hating you. I do not have a specific first memory of watching you play or remember the first time your talents infuriated me. But, for as long as I can remember, you were...

A-Rod Visits Georgetown 

A-Rod Visits Georgetown 

By KP and KP May 20, 2015

Georgetown might be known for its incredible basketball program, but that didn’t stop one baseball great from swinging by this week for a tour. That phenom was none other than New York Yankees third...

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Yankees shortstop Deter Jeter retired on Sunday after an illustrious 20-year career in New York.

Commentary: Sports May Never See Another Derek Jeter

By Carolyn Maguire September 30, 2014

There, in his Gatorade-soaked uniform, he crouched on the lip of the outfield grass between short and second — the same area of the field he had taken countless times in his 20-year career. But this...

Keeping History Alive at Old-Timers Day

Keeping History Alive at Old-Timers’ Day

By Robert DePaolo June 27, 2014

I’ve never had the fortune of making it to Cooperstown, but I’ve been lucky enough to attend one of the next best collections of baseball history: Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium. For the...

Guilty Woes of Being a Sox Fan

By Carolyn Maguire May 30, 2014

Ten games. Ten straight losses. They were embarrassed. I was embarrassed. Late inning collapses. Lackluster offense. Poor pitching performances. For 10 straight games, I watched horrific baseball. SportsCenter...

Decisions That Changed Sports

By Tom Hoff April 25, 2014

My favorite column from Bill Simmons, the sportswriter whom I read the most, is his “What If” NBA column from 2008, in which he outlines 15 of the biggest chains of events in recent NBA history. Here,...

Unlike Past Signings, Trout Is the Real Deal

By Darius Majd October 22, 2013

It’s a time of great change in baseball: The Yankees are aged and decrepit, the steroid era has been replaced by a new wave of pitching dominance and Bud Selig will be ending his reign as MLB commissioner...

Exit Sandman: Farewell to Rivera

By Darius Majd October 1, 2013

Saturday’s announcement that Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had made his last appearance of the season marked the long-awaited conclusion of the most dominant career baseball has ever seen. The decision...

Outdated MLB Must Innovate

By Tom Hoff August 30, 2013

It seems strange to criticize a professional sports league that generated $7.5 billion in revenue in 2012 and projects $9 billion by 2014. After all, Major League Baseball’s second richest team, the...

Yanks Will Top Philly for Title

By Preston Barclay March 27, 2012

With Opening Day just a week and a half away, it’s time to roll out picks for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. With superstars Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder switching squads and the arrivals...

October Is Cliff Lee’s Playground

By Connor Gregoire October 19, 2010

HE'S BEEN TRADED FOUR TIMES in his career and three times in the last 15 months. He was 5-8 with a 6.29 earned run average and was demoted to Triple-A as a 29-year-old in 2007. He's been underestimated,...

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