The MLB offseason is upon us, which means we have to find a way to pass the interminable months until Spring Training. As tradition goes, we’ll resort to speculating about what teams might do. To present a reductionist view of MLB strategy, I’ll say that every team falls into into
Author: Torrey Hart
Astros-Dodgers World Series is Perfect Sabermetric Storm to End Drought
Leading up to the Fall Classic that started on Tuesday, it had been a long, long time since the Dodgers were in the World Series – 29 years. And the last time the Astros won a single World Series game? Never. While baseball is one of the more stagnant games on-field,
Riveting Wild Card Games Prove their Merit
In 2012, Major League Baseball introduced the polarizing Wild Card Game. This one-game playoff decides the fate of the the two best teams following the division winners in each league, much to the dismay of all who recognize the absurdity of a 163rd game deciding the outcome of a 162-game season.
From West Point to CMS: Running Back Spencer Sheff Adjusting to Claremont Life
“I really love this place and I’m really thankful to be here. I appreciate it so much more because I had a completely different life before.” Just how different was Spencer Sheff’s life before transferring to Claremont McKenna College? While other 18-year-old college first-years were out absorbing the social scene and
Clark Returns for Second Stint as CMS Women’s Soccer Coach
Since the start of the 21st century, CMS women’s soccer has had only two coaches – Jennifer Clark from 2000 to 2003, and Keri Sanchez from 2004 to 2016. It’s only fitting that Clark, the 2002 SCIAC Coach of the Year, would return to bookend Sanchez’s tenure. “A lot is the same
CMS Lacrosse Maintains Win Streak over Occidental
On a scorching Saturday afternoon, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Lacrosse (10-0 SCIAC) tamed the Occidental College Tigers (5-5 SCIAC) with a final score of 17-5. It was a fitting game for the Athenas’ senior day, as all four seniors contributed to the win. The Tigers did not go down without a fight. They scored
When Mentality Goes Wrong: How Abuse is Prevalent in Gymnastics
Since the early 1990s, the United States women’s gymnastics team has dominated international competition. Under the reign of dynamic coaching duo Béla and Márta Károlyi, the National Team has secured seven all-around medals at the Olympics, three of them gold, and eleven World Championship medals. Recently, both the Fierce
Claremont Lions Mens Rugby Rucks Their Way to NCAA Championships
“We are advancing to Colorado with only 160 minutes of rugby standing between us and a national title,” rugby player Sean Pyn CM ’17 said. “Anytime you can say something like that, I think you have to be happy with the result.” And the Claremont Lions should be happy.
Athenas Softball Out-Pitches Panthers
On a gorgeous, cloudless afternoon, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team (12-12, 10-4 SCIAC) rained on the Chapman University Panthers (13-11, 7-7 SCIAC). In their second consecutive Saturday sweep, the Athenas out-hit the Panthers 15-7, and were bolstered by nine phenomenal innings from pitcher Anna Gurr CM ’18, who struck-out 11
Beloved Athenas Soccer Coach to Leave Claremont
It’s hard to know where to begin when measuring the impact of a soccer coach like Keri Sanchez. One can begin with her Claremont-Mudd-Scripps numbers: 13 seasons, 131 wins, six SCIAC championships, and 58 players coached onto the All-SCIAC team. One can then examine her personal accomplishments: she was a