I’ve written for the internet a fair bit—fiction, memoir, literary criticism, theater and movie reviews, controversial takes on religion, disability, and politics—but nothing has attracted trolls like quite like my sportswriting. I’ve been attacked for calling a player’s .168 batting average “lackluster,” for being too optimistic about the Mets, for not writing an article about […]
Day: July 13, 2016
The Statistical Look at the Return of Zack Wheeler
The New York Mets boast one of the best young rotations in all of Major League Baseball. Despite this, one of their best young pitchers has not been on the mound at Citi Field since 2014. This pitcher that I speak of is Zack Wheeler, who is hoping to return in July from Tommy John […]