World Series

No matter what happened Wednesday night, this was a World Series for the ages.

Baseball is not obligated to resemble your imagination.

The windows one floor up and diagonal from the living room window were illuminated shortly past midnight. We’ve all been there: A child wails, an animal skedaddles, a stomach growls, a phone rings, a bladder pleads, and suddenly you’re ambulant when the rest of the home is prone, wondering why…

For three joyous seconds last November, I believed the Cleveland Indians were World Series champions.

Years ago the popular sociologist Vance Packard told me that he hated to have one of his books paired with another in a review. “All a review like that ever says is, ‘This book is better than that one,’ ” he complained, “and you can’t use a quote like that in an ad.”

Years ago the popular sociologist Vance Packard told me that he hated to have one of his books paired with another in a review. “All a review like that ever says is, ‘This book is better than that one,’ ” he complained, “and you can’t use a quote like that in an ad.”

As the seventh game of the World Series continued deep into the night last week, three things happened that were unusual, three things that make baseball the remarkable game it is. They had to do with rain, a meeting, and a player—three reasons the Cubs won the game, and thus the series.

Chicago

It's not clear which was more laughable, the cluelessness on display or the hapless effort to hide the cluelessness on display. The Scrapbook is referring to the embarrassing story that went up on the snarky Mediaite website (sort of a cross between the Huffington Post and Gawker) during game seven…

Chicago

It's not clear which was more laughable, the cluelessness on display or the hapless effort to hide the cluelessness on display. The Scrapbook is referring to the embarrassing story that went up on the snarky Mediaite website (sort of a cross between the Huffington Post and Gawker) during game seven…

With a three-to-one series lead in the World Series, the Cleveland Indians now face a game seven at home Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs after a 9 to 3 loss Tuesday against ace Jake Arrietta.

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Bill Kristol, editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, joined Jay Caruso and Neal Dewing of the Fifth Estate podcast to discuss the future of conservatism after the 2016 election, among other topics:

The Cleveland Indians pitching staff was masterful Tuesday night, but they had an awful lot of help from the Cubs, who struck out 15 times. Starter Corey Kluber had nine in six innings, stud reliever Andrew Miller had three over two innings, and closer Cody Allen struck out the side in the ninth.

The World Series this year feels a little like Noah's Ark, or John Woo's Face Off—lots of stuff in twos. Like Theo and Terry. The Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein built the long suffering NL franchise into a winner, just like he did with the Boston Red Sox, which won the…

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior editor Lee Smith and deputy online editor Chris Deaton on the 2016 World Series, which begins Tuesday night in Cleveland where the Indians face off against the Chicago Cubs.

In this week's edition of the boss's email newsletter -- Kristol Clear (sign up here!) -- he writes about the conundrum of being a Mets fan conflicting with the next GOP debate.

Gregg Ritchie, head coach at George Washington University, says that the Royals have more of their game-changers going into tonight’s game than the Giants do. With pitching, as my former GW teammate explains, the two clubs are basically even. Royals’ starter Jeremy Guthrie and his Giants…

The fact that the Royals and the Giants have pushed the World Series to a game seven is evidence the two clubs are very evenly matched. Even tonight’s probable starters, Tim Hudson for the Giants and Jeremy Guthrie for the Royals, are similar style pitchers. Top velocity for both is around 90-92…

Last week Gregg Ritchie, head baseball coach at George Washington University, was talking about what happens when a baseball team strikes out more than seven times in a game. The more you whiff the less chance you have of winning, explained Ritchie. Sunday night’s game showed just how accurate that…

Now with the Royals tying the World Series Wednesday night 1-1, things are really getting hot: Two San Francisco radio stations have removed the song “Royals” from their play lists. The smash hit from the seventeen-year-old Kiwi songbird Lorde was inspired by a 1976 photo of Royals’ hall-of-fame…

With the World Series opening tonight in Kansas City, the Giants are no doubt feeling their oats. They’re coming off of a three-homerun performance in their game five win over the St. Louis Cardinals, which landed them their third World Series appearance in five years. However, the Giants should be…

The Kansas City Royals are hot. With eight straight wins in the postseason, the Royals have the air of a team of destiny. The reality of course is much less magical. The Kansas City club moved on to the World Series for the first time in 29 years not because of divine intervention but because…

Arlington, Texas

THE WEEKLY STANDARD Casual Podcast, with Fred Barnes reading his Casual Essay, "They Got Game."

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with executive editor Fred Barnes on his view from the bleachers at game six of the world series and the failure of the President's promise on keeping your health insurance policy if you like it, and whether the president will sacrifice part of Obamacare to help the…

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with editor William Kristol on the world series and the political environment in the wake of many Americans having their health insurance policy cancelled.

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with editor William Kristol on the rollout of Obamacare and the World Series.

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with executive editor Fred Barnes on the Boston Red Sox and what Republicans should do in response to the recent Obamacare woes.

In trying to make the case that the Spanish national soccer team (“La Roja”) is having the greatest 5-year run of any team — in any sport — in history, the Wall Street Journal dismisses Casey Stengel’s 1949-53 Yankees because those squads, which won five straight World Series, “won only 71% of…