When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from his first voyage to the Americas, he brought news of a people adorned with gold. It sparked a Spanish gold rush, which would run like a glittering seam through the whole history of Spain’s exploration and conquest of the Americas. But reality often belied the wild imaginings of […]
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As we enter the new year and the old lockout, it’s time for some serious reflection. Like vampires, when we look at MLB in the mirror, nothing reflects back at us, so it is left to us to “make things up.” There’s no better time than the New Year to make things up about our […]