How Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals Won Before the Analytics Revolution
With the Dodgers, whose GM Farhan Zaidi has degrees from MIT and Cal, and the Astros led by GM Jeff Luhnow (Penn and Northwestern), advancing to the World Series, the…
Playoffs
NFL Divisional Round Picks: It’s Going to be a Dog Weekend
First things first: I’m waiving the white flag on my “Fading Kevin Wheeler” series. In the end, it was one of the dumber ideas I had, mostly because I was…
Fading Kevin Wheeler Part XII: The ‘A Push is a Win’ Edition
I pushed Kevin Wheeler last week, which might as well constitute a win for me this season. The Bears and Colts were losers, while the Chiefs and Cowboys were winners….
Ten Takeaways from Sunday’s 31-14 Loss in Arizona
The Rams were unable to put together a complete game again on Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., and were thumped by the league-leading Cardinals 31-14. The…