Deuteronomy has all sorts of things to say about debt and usury, but somehow leaves out Wild Card games. When you’re managing the Wild Card game, all you care about is advancing. Elimination games carry crazy leverage, the highest leverage, and you can’t fret over pulling a guy who isn’t pitching well. The Division Series,…
The Language of Peace By: Nathan Bishop I met a man earlier this year. Let’s call him Greg. The past decade of Greg’s life had seen a series of spiraling traumas. His home was foreclosed on during the housing crisis of the past decade. The stress and despair of the incident led to divorce, which…
On August 25, a bit of baseball history happened; only, hardly anyone noticed. The Red Sox were losing a blowout against the Orioles. To save an arm, first baseman Mitch Moreland pitched the top of the ninth inning. Hanley Ramirez took Moreland’s place at first base, replacing designated hitter Chris Young in the lineup. No…
Use Your Toolbox By: Meg Rowley It takes a lifetime to really know yourself. It’s a funny trick that being human plays. We’re constantly changing, growing, getting stuck. We aren’t ever entirely the same for very long, and yet our happiness often depends on us knowing something of ourselves. I guess we get glimpses. We…
Christmas Time is Here By: Meg Rowley I asked my mom the other day, and she told me that as a kid, I never pitched a fit when I didn’t get what I wanted for Christmas. We were watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, as we do this time of year. There is a scene when…
Todos los agentes libres eligen donde jugar, pero la circunstancia inusual de Shohei Ohtani hizo que su elección se basara principalmente en el lugar donde actuará.
All free agents pick their place, but Shohei Ohtani’s unusual circumstance made his choice mostly about place.
Traducido por Martin Alonso Solo me quiero sentar Por: Meg Rowley Estoy a favor del ejercicio, pero es importante sentarse. El mundo nos cansa, y debemos ser capaces de descansar. No ser capaz de sentarme es la razón por la cual me cansé de vivir en Nueva York. Estás constantemente luchando contra las personas—en el…
I Just Want to Sit Down By: Meg Rowley I’m all for exercise, but it’s important to be able to sit down. The world wears us out, and we ought to be able to take a rest. Not being able to sit is why I got tired of living in New York. You’re constantly battling…
Summer Not Summer By: Holly M. Wendt Thanksgiving week took me to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A relative was getting married there, an excellent reason to escape the chill creeping up the spine of the northeast. I’ve been in Florida before—marching band trips and Walt Disney World and one lovely coincidental conference that allowed me to…
The Speculative Farewell By: James Fegan The end of baseball season exposed us to a phenomenon that seems rooted in the concept of “let people smell the roses while they still can,” which I have only been able to term “The Speculative Farewell.” The Wrigley Field faithful gave Jake Arrieta a rousing ovation when he…
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…
The How-To Guide for Spontaneous Affection By: Meg Rowley I’ve never understood how anyone gets out of a romantic comedy without a chipped tooth. Romantic comedies are predicated on keeping people who are obviously well-suited for one another apart for artificial reasons. The third act often features a scene when the two leads will fight…
In Game 7, the Dodgers’ fate was sealed early even if they didn’t know it yet.
Cody Bellinger broke out of his slump and carried the Dodgers to a Game 4 victory.