In our heart of hearts, we want to believe that an innocent man has no need of savvy legal counsel. A guilty man needs to learn the law and his case forwards and backwards in order to find every loophole and technicality he needs to… [More]
Posts by Alex Poterack
The Truth Will Out?
By Alex Poterack on February 25, 2012
No, Buster, Braun Shouldn’t Give Back his MVP
By Alex Poterack on January 21, 2012
In his Insider-only column today, Buster Olney suggests that the best way for Ryan Braun to start rehabilitating his image would be to offer to give back his MVP award at the BBWAA awards dinner tonight, all while maintaining his innocence. I’m not an Insider… [More]
Three Futures for Ryan Braun
By Alex Poterack on December 11, 2011
If you’re reading this, you know Ryan Braun has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. You also know that he is currently in the process of appealing the result, and has vehemently pleaded his innocence. Until we learn the results of the appeal, there really… [More]
On Tradition, Celebration, and “Respecting the Game”
By Alex Poterack on October 8, 2011
Call me a romantic, but I love a playoff series between two clubs that truly hate each other’s guts. If you’re reading this blog, you know that I’m referring to the upcoming NLCS between the Brewers and Cardinals. There is no love lost between these… [More]
A Little Off Day History
By Alex Poterack on July 25, 2011
Trivia question: What’s the only World Series winning team with two members of the 500 HR Club? The answer is none other than the 1957 Milwaukee Braves, whose lineup featured both Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews. These two Hall of Famers anchored the 1950s Braves… [More]
If It Wasn’t for Bad Luck, Zack Greinke’d Have No Luck at All
By Alex Poterack on July 9, 2011
(In this article, I assume the reader is familiar with defense independent pitching statistics, namely FIP and xFIP. If you aren’t, here and here are good places to start.) Lost in the commotion of the Brewers stunning 8-7 win over the Reds last that is… [More]
Thoughts on the unfair interleague schedule
By Alex Poterack on July 1, 2011
This is a baseball post, but I’m going to begin it with a point about football. I’ve often thought that one of the most unfair things in sports is the NFL overtime rule. For those of you who are unfamiliar, when an NFL game ends… [More]
The Joy and Resiliency of Nyjer Morgan’s Twitter Account
By Alex Poterack on June 23, 2011
On a recent “Poscast” with SI writer and all-around awesome guy Joe Posnanski, Michael Schur (aka Ken Tremendous) talked about the need for baseball players to be able to keep themselves immune to losses, and learn to shrug off failure. At the risk of falling… [More]
The Fall of Counsell
By Alex Poterack on June 18, 2011
For an entire generation of baseball fans, the sight of Willie Mays “falling down in the outfield” has become a catchphrase representing the feeling of seeing a sports god once thought invincible succumb to the inexorable forces of time and age. I never truly experienced… [More]
