Why Certain Teams Should Focus on the Counterattack
Author: Wes Harrell (McCormick ’21) Ever since I first started playing soccer my coaches would preach “they can’t score if we have the ball”. These words aren’t unique to soccer, they apply to any…
January 2019
Examining the Relationship between Recruiting, One-and-Done Players and Team Success
Authors: Leo Georgopoulos (McCormick ’22) and Jordi Parry (Weinberg ’22) The NBA’s “one-and-done” rule is one of the most controversial subjects in all of sports. However, elite coaches like John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski have…
How an Undisciplined Javier Baez Posted an MVP Caliber 2018 Season
Author: Jacob Mandel (Weinberg ’21) As the number one prospect in the Cubs farm system for a long time, there was no question that Javier Baez was going to be an exciting talent. But…
Are Super Bowl Hangovers a Real Phenomenon?
Authors: Stefano Gamba (’21) and Avery Morris (McCormick ’22) En lieu of the surprising Super Bowl win by the Philadelphia Eagles, we sought to explore whether or not a team winning a Super…
Pitching in the Postseason
Authors: Jacobs Rogers (McCormick ’22) and Mark Overby (Weinberg ’22) The 2018 Postseason for Major League Baseball went pretty much as expected. The best team, with the most wins, the best offense, and the…
How Top Hitters in Baseball Continue to Improve
Author: Peter Lim (Weinberg ’21) The 2017 Houston Astros and the 2018 Boston Red Sox. These two World Series champions have an interesting resemblance. Yes, they both had Alex Cora (as bench coach for Houston,…
How the 2011 CBA Affected Parity in the NFL
Authors: Alexandra Gold (Weinberg ’22) and Samuel Mestel (Weinberg ’20) This year, NFL games are closer and more competitive than before. Two games in the first two weeks of the season ended in ties…