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The Cost of a Shirsey By: Mary Craig The first piece of baseball clothing I can recall owning was a Manny Ramirez shirsey. He was my favorite player because he was all the things I was not: carefree, lackadaisical, and effortlessly brilliant at baseball. But the shirsey was more than just a physical manifestation of…
Sentiments regarding bonds both paternal and matrimonial.
Here are two retired infielders doing good things and one baby doing bad things
Dugout interviews on the one hand; wins on the other.
Some of our sons (Jason Kubel) were always large; some (Alfonso Soriano) weren’t but are now.
The Dodgers re-rebrand, the best places in baseball to cry, and the All-Philosopher lineup.
The keys to life: how to tweet, how to eat in a non-destructive fashion, and how to use animals to diffuse your existential terror.
Short Relief offers an expanded slate today, celebrating Houston and the Astros, and asking you to donate toward the relief efforts there.
A Tigers rookie gets his first taste of battle, and a people’s history of players weekends.
Short Relief closes out its week of admiration with three players with absolutely nothing in common.
Suggesting an alternative line of nicknames for the Washington Nationals, and the latest adventures of Brooks Pounders, PI.
For the Cubs, a door closes and a conspiracy theory opens; poetry in wartime between pitchers and mascots; and a small career lost in service.
Mary channels Dickens, Matt brainstorms nicknames, and Trevor has an awkward reacquaintance.
A flashback to Kato Kaelin’s testimony, and a common trade target evaluates their self-worth.
After two days off, SR returns with a record four offerings: NES busts, househunting, letters to Curt Schilling and Furious Cubs.