The Crank's Dusty Files
1996-2000

The Archives

Some, but not all, of the articles below appeared originally in various forms in The Diamond Angle, A Red Sox Journal, Off the Wall, and a few other journals I've forgotten about. They are all (c) Matthew Wall (1996-2001).

2000
Clemens' Conniption
November 17, 2000

Much Valueless Pablum
September 28, 2000

Olympic Fraud
September 19, 2000

Leaving Las Vegas
September 15, 2000

Who Watches the Watcher? (Frank Robinson)
September 8, 2000

Ranking the NL Managers
August 28, 2000

Managers Hired to Stay Hired
August 28, 2000

Smell the (G)love
August 22, 2000

The Corked Bat President
August 12, 2000

The Jeffersonian Village
August 3, 2000

Carlton Fisk's New Speechwriter
July 28, 2000

L'Affair Rocker and the Presidency
March 2, 2000

Maz' Crawl to the Hall
March 1, 2000

Some Strawman Advice
February 29, 2000

2000 Tenth Player Awards
October 15, 2000

2000 Team by Team MVPs
September 23, 2000

Wild about the Wildcard
September 17, 2000

Why You Should Care about Olympic Baseball
September 8, 2000

Forty Man Fraud
September 1, 2000

Ranking the AL Managers
August 28, 2000

The Were-Pitcher and Midnight Madness
August 23, 2000

Film Review: Hank Greenberg, his Life and Times
August 21, 2000

The Real 2000 Hall of Fame Game
August 3, 2000

Random Notes from the Hall of Fame Induction
July 23, 2000

Punchlines to Al Martin Jokes (tasteless)
March 22, 2000

Manuel Mnemonic
March 11, 2000

1999
The Fragile Ecology of Cape Cod Baseball
July 13, 1999
1998
"If there is a hell..."
April 15, 1998
1996-1997
Let's Go to Work
May 1, 1997

A Haiku on the Occasion of Seeing Hideo Nomo Pitch
May 6, 1996

A Miserable Night for Baseball
April 9, 1997

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