Baseball and the River Styx
Quick thoughts on baseball and the classics during the 2025 World Series.
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Rob Manfred Doesn’t Love Baseball (a repost)
Joe Posnanski’s essay on the most recent soulless pronouncement from baseball’s commissioner.
The Copernicus of baseball
As a splendid new biography shows, they broke the mold with Earl Weaver.
Opening Day 2025
Play ball! It’s Opening Day!
My personal spring training
Reading “The Baseball 100.” Watching “Bull Durham.” Remembering John Feinstein.
Just when I thought it was safe to watch the Super Bowl again . . . *
Nobody warned me that Tom Brady was the analyst for the Super Bowl!
Rest in Peace, Mr. Baseball
Ueck’s humor and self-deprecating style earned him fame and affection beyond his .200 batting average.
Baseball joy and sadness
Remembering Fernando Valenzuela and great baseball songs as the World Series begins.
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.
MORE TO COME... 