Category: Five-Tool Newsletter

Editors’ note: This newsletter includes graphic descriptions of sexual misconduct allegations as well as domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the...

It seems that longevity gets overlooked when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Plenty of guys who play for years past their peaks are dismissively referred to as compilers,...

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing about the Pirates for today’s newsletter. Why would I? I have mentioned them in previous editions—such as when I’ve written...

The baseball year has began rather quietly, at least compared to the frenetic pace of free agency last month. As of this morning, the two most notable acquisitions this week...

Many of us at Sports Illustrated have spent the last few weeks looking back on this year in sports. We combed through the catalog of stories we’ve published over the...

This was the most fitting way for the Astros to win their second World Series championship in franchise history, and their first without the cloud of a cheating scandal hanging over it....

The only thing missing from his résumé is a championship as a manager, and he is one win away from changing that tonight....

This World Series has been an absolute success so far, a wonderful display of baseball and all the different ways it can thrill us. First, of course, was the Phillies’...

Last night, in the Astros’ 5–0 win over the Phillies in Game 4, a team had no hits in a World Series game for just the second time in history. Except, it didn’t...

Last night’s Game 3 was the most entertaining 7–0 result I’ve ever seen. Despite the lopsided outcome, it was impossible for even the most nonpartisan people watching at home to...