Baseball, Right Now | #5 | The Midseason Report: the Miz, the Fish, and the Trade Deadline Chaos in Waiting
The 2026 All-Star Break has arrived. It’s referred to as “midseason,” despite coming closer to the 60% point of the 162-game season. Another one of baseball’s silly quirks. Let’s take a look at where things stand as we break from the grind of the season and come ever closer to the August 3 trading deadline.…
Revisiting the Trade that Brought Yordan Alvarez to the Houston Astros
August 3, 2026 marks the MLB’s trading deadline. Over the next few weeks, teams will decide whether they want to win this year or punt to the future. Veterans and prospects alike will be traded. Usually, two teams come together to make a mutually beneficial trade that will get the respective club closer to their…
The Miraculous Breakthrough of Jordan Walker: Thinking Less and Hitting More
This is a story about a baseball player, but, first, I want to talk about golf. A near-universal experience for a golfer comes not on the physical course, but on the mental island that most cast themselves in exile to after inevitable mistakes or bad luck. If you have golfed in your life, you can…
Inner Half 