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Travis Kelce faces the media during Super Bowl Media Days in the lead up to Super Bowl LVIII. It's pretty dramatically lit for something happening at a Westin in Henderson, Nevada.

Super Bowl LVIII – Kansas City Chiefs Media Availability

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Big Ideas And Big Novelty Slot Machines At The Super Bowl, With Matthew Coller

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Ray Ratto

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Brent Suter high fives fans as he walks around the field with players to end their season at Coors Field on October 1, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.

Colorado Rockies v Minnesota Twins

It’s Time To Fixate On How Your Favorite Baseball Team Will Disappoint You

Russell A. Carleton is an author at Baseball Prospectus and of the forthcoming book <a href="https://www.triumphbooks.com/the-new-ballgame-products-9781637272268.php?page_id=30&amp;cid=434862" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.triumphbooks.com/the-new-ballgame-products-9781637272268.php?page_id%3D30%26cid%3D434862&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680985638870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_Ie5IAhP6DgMCeMB7in79">The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Baseball</a> from Triumph Books, available in June 2023.

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Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres' high-fiving after a Yankees win on April 2, 2023.

San Francisco Giants v New York Yankees

Welcome To Nowhere

<a href="https://twitter.com/LeanderAlphabet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leander Schaerlaeckens</a> is a sports writer and previously wrote about <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2020/05/donald-trump-baseball-high-school-nyma.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Donald Trump’s high school baseball career</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/sports/soccer/asbury-park-football-club-soccer.html?mcubz=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a soccer team that doesn’t exist</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/sports/raw-talent-and-college-sports-mix-at-culinary-institute-of-america.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">varsity sports at the Culinary Institute of America</a> and <a href="https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2022/1/27/22891886/american-investors-european-soccer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Americans buying European soccer teams</a>. He is writing a book about the United States men’s national soccer team. He teaches at Marist College.

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The handwritten notes of Dick Cramer, back when he was coming up with a stat that would change baseball forever during his spare time.

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The Forgotten Men Behind The Ideas That Changed Baseball

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How To Ruin An Advanced Stat

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Mike McCarthy’s Decision Looks Even Worse Now

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

A young woman smiles as she poses at a desk in an office-like environment, one hand on a document and the other on the keys of a Clary adding machine, mid to late 1950s. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

Bookkeeping At The Office

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The Dreaded Math Has Made Sports More Entertaining

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