In many ways, the history of Major League Baseball acts as both love letter to and commentary on American society, imbibing both its best and worst elements and reflecting them back to the public. The precise degree to which Major League Baseball encompasses the American psyche is likely something that cannot be arrived at quantitatively,…
The Once and Future Series By Holly M. Wendt Unlike the wizard Merlin of Arthurian legend, I was not gifted with the ability foresee the future, nor, as in the iteration of the story reimagined by T. H. White in The Sword in the Stone, with the dubious gift of living backwards through time. White’s…
Dreaming of new opportunities for commercial tie-ins, and the lowest possible expectations surmounted. Also, the aforementioned Kevin Bass Game.
To celebrate the holiday, the BP staff takes some time off and criticizes baseball commercials, past and present.
A foolproof way to decide which players to put in Cooperstown.
Pairing ads with players to provide sponsors with the best bang for their buck.