#Emma Baccellieri

As I sat down to write today's newsletter, I couldn't help but think of the title of an episode of The West Wing, "On the Day Before." Today, of course, is the day before the World Series, so I naturally wanted to make "On the Day Before" the title and subject line of this newsletter. The idea was also to find a thread to tie together the plot of…

When we made our World Series picks entering the postseason, the Astros were the favorites in the American League, with five of our seven writers taking them to win the pennant. It's true that only one of us (Emma Baccellieri) tabbed Houston to win the World Series, but that was more due to the strength of the top two National League teams,…