What the flags of NL East(!) cities say about the team; let’s respect Todd Helton, a much better athlete than Peyton Manning; ‘The Curse’
The freshest Carlos Beltrán conspiracy theory; what your city flag says about your team: NL West; the horror when the Rays claim one of your guys off waivers
Before the Reds signed Shogo Akiyama, they were the only MLB team to had never signed a Japanese player; finally, the AL East installment of the ‘What Your City Flag Says About Your Team’ series; two catchers try to figure out what a forkball is, exactly.
Love: Luis Arraez Style; the story of a baseball field in Arrey, New Mexico; Good Omens; female scouts remain not welcomed by some; so are we really never going to talk about why the Cubs are playing close to Thanksgiving in ‘The Martian’?; calling someone else’s shot
Baby Yoda, future baseball manager; the beauty of collecting baseball cards; a scouting report on new Mets acquisition “L’Homme au doigt”, aka “Pointing Man”
Major League Baseball is failing the Stanford marshmallow experiment yet again; peak winter is choosing to watch one of the dumbest Phillies losses of the season instead of watching someone play a ridiculously difficult video game; does Jesper Horsted regret not sticking to baseball, or is he okay with being a fourth-string tight end for the Bears?
Trading Francisco Lindor is so smart and also what is sarcasm?; playing a surrealist game to figure out what baseball is; an emergency catcher situation presented itself across the pond recently
Good beat Evil, weird; Clank?; Calling someone else’s shot is a fine art
Thanking José Altuve for making fellow diminutive people look good; picking a team to root for isn’t as hard as picking a college, thank goodness; a Nashville native knows he won’t pick any Nashville expansion team
The ceremonial first pitches could be elevated in every sense; the Randy Dobnaks who don’t make it have a familiar sad story; but of course Bryce Harper inspired a petty pizza promotion gone wrong