Ben Reiter

Joined: Sep 17, 2019

Ben Reiter is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and for SI.com who has been with the magazine since 2004.

Sportsperson

Warrick Dunn's Greatest Legacy Goes Far Beyond Football

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Despite World Series Loss, Astros' Run of Success Isn't Likely to End Soon

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Ranking MLB's Top 50 Free Agents

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How the Astros Nabbed Zack Greinke and Built a Postseason Rotation for the Ages

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'What's a Scarlet Letter?' The Improbable Reinvention of A-Rod

Three years after the unceremonious end to his controversial baseball career, A-Rod is everywhere. So, how did we get to this point?

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Almost Famous: The Astros' Alex Bregman Is Freshly Paid and Trying To Return Baseball to the Limelight

Astros star Alex Bregman is a World Series champion, All-Star Game MVP and baseball's latest $100 million man. Now, he wants to put baseball back in the spotlight.

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Trevor Bauer Is More Concerned With Being Right Than Being Liked

He’s the ultimate self-made star: an average (if that) athlete who leveraged a sharp baseball intellect and obsession with data into a Cy Young candidacy. He knows a whole lot more than the rest of us. So why does he act like he wants us to despise him?

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After One Correct Astros Prediction, Calling a Repeat Proves Less Fruitful

In 2014, an SI writer correctly predicted the 2017 Houston Astros would win the World Series. Making other predictions turned out to be much less fruitful.

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Can a New Barnstorming, Player-Centric Lacrosse League Serve as a Template for Other Sports?

If lacrosse is the sport of the future, then Paul Rabil intends the Premier Lacrosse League to represent the league of the future.

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The Best of the Rest: Lance Lynn, Evan Gattis Among Valuable Free Agents Outside the Top 50

It's a talent-rich free agent market, so where is the best value outside of the top 50?

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Manny Machado Did His Job With Dodgers Despite Playoff Blunders

Manny Machado didn't make things easy on himself, that's for sure. But he did what the Dodgers hoped he would when they acquired him.

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Why Eduardo Rodriguez Was the Red Sox' Hero in World Series Game 4

There was nothing too special about the start by Boston's Game 4 pitcher, but it was everything to the Red Sox.