Baseball joy and sadness
Remembering Fernando Valenzuela and great baseball songs as the World Series begins.
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Observations from . . . the land of postseason baseball
Thoughts on postseason baseball.
Memory is a poet . . . the scrapbook edition
Some old memorabilia reminds me that memory is more poetry than history.
Willie Mays, R.I.P.
Saying goodbye to a childhood hero.
Opening Day . . . 2024
Hope springs eternal on Opening Day . . . at least in Baltimore!
A kind of alchemy
Communal singing would be another small step in healing the chasms in our civic life.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom
Ron Shelton’s “The Church of Baseball” helps us fall in love with “Bull Durham” once again.
End of the season
Quick thoughts on the 2023 World Series won by the Texas Rangers.
If I were commissioner of baseball
Thoughts on the game after 10 days of binge watching the wild card and division series.
A brilliant love letter to baseball
Joe Posnanski takes a loving look at 50 memories (and more) that explain why we love baseball.
MORE TO COME... 