Heartland of America Trek, Post #4, Louisville Slugger Museum
We drove across Missouri on Saturday, had dinner in St. Louis, and then continued on the Louisville, Kentucky, where we planned to see the Louisville Slugger Museum in the morning. On Sundays, the...
View ArticleHeartland of America Post #5, Busch Stadium
“All the HOK stadiums have a ‘look,'” corwin said upon laying eyes on Busch Stadium. Then he thought for a second. “Well, except for Yankee Stadium. And I guess Kauffman Stadium is unique, too.” I...
View ArticleThe 2017 AL Wild Card Game
It was very freeing, somehow, to go into a winner-take-all postseason game with low expectations. Or maybe no expectations would be a better way to put it? We were expecting a rebuilding year. We...
View ArticleA Series of Miracles (2017 ALDS Games 3 and 4)
It struck me as we were walking from the parking lot to the Stadium today, for the second night in a row, that most successful postseason runs appear, in hindsight, to be a string of miracles....
View Article2017 ALCS Games 3-4-5 at Yankee Stadium: Impressions
Writing this in the car on the way back to Boston after three wins in a row at Yankee Stadium. Three raucous, amazing wins. I feel like we’re watching the “baby bombers” grow up before our eyes. At the...
View ArticleNine Things About the Yankees 2018 Home Opener
I couldn’t think of one single thematic thread to tie up the story of the 2018 home opener, so I’m going to fall back on that baseball blog trope of a nine-element list. Nine Things About the 2018 Home...
View ArticlePride Project: LGBTQ Pride and Organized Baseball: History in the making?
Those of you who’ve followed my career through my various gigs at writing and editing in the baseball sphere, from the early days of the New York Yankees’ attempt at a website, stints at Gotham...
View ArticleThe Women in Baseball Panel at #SABR49
An incredible collection of baseball talent on the #SABR49 women in baseball panel! pic.twitter.com/eyDgZtLp9b — ??????? ??? ????? (@whyilikebb) June 27, 2019 The Women in Baseball Panel at #SABR49...
View Article2019 ALCS Games 4 and 5: Tale of Two Nights
I’m writing this in the car on the way back to Massachusetts after the Yankees slayed the dragon known as Justin Verlander. It’s 2:30 in the morning, and this dark drive would be very different if they...
View ArticleThe Karma Series
The Washington Nationals have won the World Series and the nation could not be happier. When the championship series were won, I think there were plenty of rooters for the Houston Astros around the...
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