The 2024 Formula 1 season wraps up this weekend in Abu Dhabi and in many ways nothing is different, but at the same time, everything has changed. First off, you have Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver wrapped up his fourth straight title a couple weeks ago. But his team, Red Bull, has...
I had moments, days, and even months when, as I boldly answered questions about whether it is okay to contact an agent who has had your manuscript for four months to ask what’s going on (it isn’t) or whether a writer can submit adult fiction to the major publishing houses directly ...
Plenty of pitchers will use their offspeed pitch primarily as a chase pitch, on the bottom edge of the zone or below. But Rodriguez is throwing his changeup in the strike zone half the time this season, one of the most frequent rates among offspeed users. Highest in-zone % on offspeed...
This post is a thing that I do every so often. It started in 2006 when I posted my writing goals. I updated it in 2008 with the publication of How To Ditch Your Fairy and then again in 2009 after Liar came out. And then in 2012 in anticipation of the publication of Team Human. ...
While they didn’t stand shoulder to shoulder, Luis Castillo, Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo never moved very far apart. If they don’t travel in a pack, they will eventually congregate into one. It’s ...
Devine told the soldiers, “I don’t know how to shoot a gun. If I need it, we’re hopeless.” Richert said to the Baltimore Sun, “We visited 57 hospitals and they figured the six of us came in contact with better than 10,000 troops.” ...
How 2024 could be better: By October, the Dodgers -- the most consistently deep squad of this era -- were out of starting pitchers. Ailing Clayton Kershaw started their first NLDS game and didn't escape the first inning of Game 1 against Arizona. In Game 2, Bobby Mille...
was the rationale. One of the agenda items for the meeting was once again tweaking the name of the organization to something a little shorter and to the point. After a few pitchers of beer, the combined brilliance of the Board members started kicking in. You want short and simple, we got...
Fortunately, Maurer got a good talking to by pitchers Felix Hernandez and Kameron Loe. “I heard a story about Randy Johnson giving up a few in an inning,” Maurer told the Seattle Times. “That always makes me feel a little better, I guess. It happens.” Maybe Maurer should pick bette...
Is this the “three true outcomes” theory at work? Sort of, except that 2020 isn’t even in the Top-30 seasons in walks allowed. It seems that pitchers did have an advantage over hitters this year, but cutting down on the long ball wasn’t one of them. Whatever this means, it’s...