Author Bio & Stories

Drew Avery

Drew Avery works in publishing, writes scripts on the side, and tweets about songs stuck in his head @d_avery.

  • June 13, 2013
    Why We Watch: Fernando Rodney, or The Archer and the Magic Plantain

    His hat is bumped. His starchy banana-like fruit of choice may or may not be supernatural. Fernando Rodney is a closer, and an imperfect one, but thankfully he's also a lot more interesting than that.

  • January 30, 2013
    Robert Fick and Dmitri Young Are Making Sense

    It seemed reasonable to expect a mess from FYI, the low-budget "vodcast" hosted by former Detroit Tigers misfits/miscreants Dmitri Young and Robert Fick. But while the show itself was kind of a mess, it was also oddly earnest and endearing. And that was before they started telling Matt Anderson stories.

  • October 29, 2012
    Dateline: Mudville — The Clog

    A dispatch from The D, where a city gets excited about the Tigers, promptly and painfully runs up agains the limits of fan-power, and retires to the casinos.

  • October 17, 2012
    How Do You Say "I Hate You" To An Umpiring Machine?

    The words "human element" have lost much of their meaning in the loud, ongoing conversation over officiating mistakes. But while it's natural to want officiating to be better, it's worth remembering that the human element means more than "brutally botching a call." It's a part of what makes sports what it is.

  • October 4, 2012
    This Means WAR — The Clog

    With the sabermetric revolution, the value of the stats that encompass the Triple Crown has greatly diminished, but what does that mean the value of the Triple Crown itself? 

  • September 21, 2012
    Squid Chips, Umbrellas and Lastings Milledge: A Baseball Tour of the Far East

    A writer travels across the world, only to find that baseball fans in Korea and Japan are every bit as excited about the game as their domestic counterparts. Although, to be fair, they're notably more on-point with their choreography and player-specific chanting, and are notably nicer to Lastings Milledge.

  • May 4, 2012
    A Villain's Worth

    A wrestling heel seems to be where Floyd gets most of the inspiration for his persona. His moves are calculated to offend, more in the vein of the Million Dollar Man than Muhammad Ali.