Prospectus Feature: When Baseball Isn’t Baseball$

Prospectus Feature: For This Brit, MLB’s London Visit Meant Everything$

Short Relief: Being Above It and Beneath It All

Hey guys, Wow. Twenty years already! The time really flew by, didn’t it? Feels like just yesterday we were watching me invent the Jeter Jump Throw to nail Travis Fryman in the ALCS, laughing with each individual member of the press (never understood why people thought the writers were so prickly!!) and then hitting the…

Short Relief: A Star is Reborn

So you’re thinking of marketing your MLB star? Great! You’ve taken the first step on a profitable and rewarding journey. First, a few questions: Is your MLB star good at baseball? If the answer is no, perhaps reconsider this exercise, as ironic admiration, or really any level of irony at all, has not made its…

Short Relief: Counterpoint: Everything is Awful

Galaxy Brain: The playoffs are actually bad?

Playoff Prospectus: ALDS Preview: Indians vs. Yankees

The Indians are World Series favorites but should expect to be taken to five games against the Yankees, a tough opponent with a great lineup and deep bullpen.

Luis Severino’s Giant Leap

Yankees ace deserves a place among elite fantasy pitchers.

Short Relief: The Red Badge of Milling Around

A Tigers rookie gets his first taste of battle, and a people’s history of players weekends.

Short Relief: Boys To Men To Marriage To Exploitation

Short Relief visits the three main stages of life: Childhood, Adulthood and Statcast.

Short Relief: Of Errors and Epics

Jason decries a lack of classification when it comes to baserunning, Nathan offers reviews of Todd Frazier’s swing, and Matt considers the epic qualities of Mike Trout.

Short Relief: For and Against Historical Positivism, and the Secret Origin of Launch Angles

Zack uses the Cubs as an example of how it isn’t always getting better, Nathan uses Jean Segura for a hint that it is, while Martin discovers the origins of modern hitting philosophy.

Short Relief: The Laws of Trout, The Heart of Biagini, and the Power of Dirt

Kate wants to protect Joe Biagini from the world, Emma unlocks the secrets of an ancient ritual, and Trevor unearths new truths about Mike Trout.

Short Relief: A Team Destroyed, A Fandom and a Robot Created

The origin story of Marlins Man, Padres Fall Apart, and the moral certitude of Bronson Arroyo.

Answer Man: Aaron Judge

The young Yankees slugger talks numbers, the law, being big and tall, the Negro Leagues, and adoption.

Short Relief: Dealing with Capitalism, Age, and Anarchic Squirrels

Matt extends Jeter Week by window shopping, Kate is soothed by senescence, and Emma watches wildlife destroy the social contract.

Short Relief: On Phillies Closers and Yankees Authors

Holly and Trevor both tackle the Phillies relief corps, from different standpoints, while Patrick reviews Derek Jeter’s 2014 book, The Contract.