Posts Tagged ‘minor league baseball’

Too Far From Town: Auburn Doubledays

The Auburn Doubledays are one of the 42 minor league teams in danger of going extinct. This is part of their story.

You Could Look It Up: In Tearing Up Minors, MLB Makes War On the Heartland$

Cold Takes: Fans Lose in Fight Between MiLB and the EmpireB

Short Relief: Not Mellow About the ‘Mallows

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?

Prospectus Feature: MLB Shrinking MiLB is a Microcosm of the Nation’s Deepening DivideB

Short Relief: A Straight Shooter With Upper Management Written All Over Him

The Bobs help downsize minor league baseball; the importance of baseball in a marriage; finding Marie Kondo-approved joy in “meaningless” games

MLB’s Minor League Plan Would Cut Off Four Million Fans$

Short Relief: Hashtag Hope

At least more people now know Yu Darvish is really good on Twitter; the story of a baseball field in Arrey, New Mexico; finding hope in the potentially doomed minor league teams from the Cuban Giants and New York Gothams, who proved you don’t need major league affiliations to survive

Short Relief: The Ballpark Experience

On forgetting or not forgetting a past experience at Petco Park; MLB’s plan for 42 minor league teams means they think less baseball is good for baseball?; attending a Rays playoff game alone could be magical

Prospectus Team Roundtable: MLB’s Modest Minor League Proposal$

Short Relief: Put a Sock in It

The Uber heckle is still a weird one; an Atlanta fan feels as doomed and defiant as Budd; everyone should wear fun socks

If Everything Goes to Plan: We Get to Play a Baseball Game, Part Two$

Short Relief: O’Malley! O’Malley!

Some players don’t have to be told by Ken Griffey Jr. to keep fighting; the Minnesota Twins are Emma Stone in “The Favourite”; ever see an ejected manager leave the field through the center field fence?

Cheese In the Kitchen: The New Order$

Short Relief: Confession

I remember an evening in a warm cafe in Toronto, sitting with Ben, a United Church pastor. We had become friends after I persuaded his church to give sanctuary to a refugee named Ibrahim. We didn’t know that a Holocaust survivor lived nearby, and that Ibrahim’s presence near her home triggered old and dreadful fears….

Short Relief: Fans Can Get So Close

For the first couple of weeks, he tries to learn everyone’s names, from the trio of outfielders who all look alike, young and tanned and hungry, to the seemingly unending stream of guys coming out of the bullpen, a clown car unloading. So many he sorts them into two groups: Beard and No Beard, and…