Frivolities

How Many Wins Will Get You Into the 2026 MLB Playoffs?

Plus: Projected win distributions, the toughest divisions, team nemeses, and more "fun with MLB Elo simulation data".

Mar 25 • Neil Paine

What I Learned From the 344 Posts I Wrote in 2025

I categorized every post I published in 2025 by type and sport to see what I actually spent the year writing about — then picked out the stories that…

Dec 31, 2025 • Neil Paine

The Silliest Bowls of the 2025-26 College Football Season, Ranked

Your watching guide to the weirdest sponsors, dumbest names and most gloriously pointless — yet charming — college football matchups of December and…

Dec 15, 2025 • Neil Paine

Adam Wainwright Thinks These Cardinals Aren’t Done Yet, Probably Because His Cardinals Never Were

Let's remember one of the weirdest teams of the 2000s and early 2010s.

Aug 13, 2025 • Neil Paine

This is the NFL’s Best Hall of Fame Game in Decades. Don’t Get Too Excited.

The Lions and Chargers each kick off the preseason as Super Bowl contenders — not that the teams on the field will reflect much of that.

Jul 31, 2025 • Neil Paine

The Astrology of the 2025 NBA Finals

We once again look to the stars — and maybe a few numbers, too — to explain this championship-worthy Thunder-Pacers matchup.

Jun 5, 2025 • Neil Paine and Michelle Grodnick

Building the Perfect Men’s March Madness Lineup

Let's look at the best players of each type in the 2025 NCAA men's tournament field.

Mar 19, 2025 • Neil Paine

Don’t Forget About These Good Baseball Players On (Possibly) Bad Baseball Teams

Stars can’t always save a team, but they can still make it worth watching.

Mar 14, 2025 • Neil Paine

How the NHL Standings Would Change If Teams Stuck with Their Original Talent

What if every NHL team only kept the players who debuted for them? Some would rise, others would fall — and a few should regret what might have been.

Feb 28, 2025 • Neil Paine

Which Sports Provide the Best Return on Your Time Investment?

And if we can’t shorten regulation games, can we at least shorten overtimes?

Feb 25, 2025 • Neil Paine

🎁Let’s Have a Chill Holiday Hangout Opening Trading Cards and Remembering Some Guys!🎄

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone :)

Dec 24, 2024 • Neil Paine

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Would The Expos Have Won The 1994 World Series?

On the 25th anniversary of the playoffs that weren’t, we reconstruct what might have happened.

Oct 25, 2019 • Neil Paine

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