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The Dog Days of Baseball: A Yankees Weekend in Boston

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Barry Petchesky

3h ago· 3 min readenInsight
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Summary

A reflective piece on the baseball season's "Dog Days" — the mid-summer malaise that sets in after the All-Star break — using the Yankees' rough weekend in Boston as a springboard. The article blends literary references (Homer's Iliad) with baseball commentary to capture the sluggish, joyless feeling that pervades the sport during this stretch of the season.

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On summer nights, star of stars, Orion's Dog they call it, brightest of all, but an evil portent, bringing heat and fevers to suffering humanity.
The Dog Days of the baseball season—those weeks of malaise and joylessness and what feels like the 12th Tigers-Royals series of the year—traditionally kick off after the all-star break, when teams and fans start to
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The Dog Days of summer in the Northern Hemisphere don’t officially begin until the rising of Sirius, the “dog star.” This is usually mid-to-late July, and we can thank the Greeks for the canid construction. “On summer nights, star of stars, Orion’s Dog th

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