Short Relief

Short Relief: The Obsolete

by Sara Sanchez, Davy Andrews, and Beth Davies-Stofka 1/08

Cheating scandals, the baseballs, and AI shenanigans: is anything real anymore?; farewell LOOGYs; hearing the dead through the ballgame

Short Relief: Good Life Compatibility

by Mary Craig, Demetrius Bell, and Mike Coste 1/07

When and how do you say goodbye to baseball?; Tetsuya Naito is a champion Japanese wrestler who loves his baseball analogies; how to be a Tigers fan without never going near Michigan

Short Relief: The One That Loved Me Back

by Mike Bates, Holly M Wendt, and Roger Cormier 1/06

A fond farewell to a good doggo, a better companion than even MLB; it's about time they add a non-baseball talent and skills portion to the All-Star Game festivities; the baseball conversation we all have from time to time

Long Relief: How Will This Baseball Decade End? (Part Two)

by BP Staff 1/03

Thank goodness the 2010s are over and done with. Here's what the last baseball game of the '20s will look like.

Long Relief: How Will This Baseball Decade End? (Part One)

by BP Staff 1/02

Thank goodness the 2010s are over and done with. Here's what the last baseball game of the '20s will look like.

Best of Short Relief 2019: Champions

by Sara Sanchez, Beth Davies-Stofka, Sheryl Ring, Neil Bhandari, Matt Sussman, Nicholas Stillman, and Davy Andrews 12/31

Always play like Roberto Clemente; a story on the greatest day in Brooklyn Dodgers history; trying to break the habit of rooting for the Yankees; words on players liked for their words; Casey should have been IBB'd; we honest to goodness found the least watchable hitter in the game; beware the October buzzsaw

Best of Short Relief 2019: Somewhere Out There

by Mike Bates, Demetrius Bell, Holly M Wendt, Kate Preusser, Martin Freedman, and Wesley Jenkins 12/30

Love: Luis Arraez Style; the story of a baseball field in Arrey, New Mexico; Good Omens; female scouts remain not welcomed by some; so are we really never going to talk about why the Cubs are playing close to Thanksgiving in 'The Martian'?; calling someone else's shot

Best of Short Relief 2019: Time and Wounds

by Mary Craig, Nicole Cahill, Patrick Dubuque, Daniel R. Epstein, Matthew Roberson, and Nathan Bishop 12/29

Bill Buckner and forgiveness; it's a long season, and so is recovery; they flatten the building where you watched baseball; insisting to your casual baseball fan friend Tauchman isn't this good; Gleyber Torres: average Gen Zer; some players don't have to be told by Ken Griffey Jr. to keep fighting

Best of Short Relief 2019: There’s Always a Chance

by Neil Bhandari, Matt Ellis, Beth Davies-Stofka, Demetrius Bell, Davy Andrews, and Rich MacLeod 12/28

There has yet to be an Indian in the big leagues; baseball as "escape"; enjoy the baseball while they still baseball; the Baltimore Oriole confirmed he was a duck all along; Rob Manfred returns to the Rawlings factory; the five stages of giving up on a season

Best of Short Relief 2019: Grief

by Kate Preusser, Sara Sanchez, Sydney Bergman, Darius Austin, Matt Sussman, and Nicholas Stillman 12/27

Tyler Skaggs, grief, and magical thinking; when opioid overdoses make you think of home; Trevor Rosenthal will (and did) record an out again; Willians Astudillo is in the zone; keeping up with all of the Jeff Joneses; the 2030 Front Office All-Star Game

Best of Short Relief 2019: Defying the Dealt Deck

by Kate Morrison, RJ McDaniel, Holly M Wendt, Patrick Dubuque, Mary Craig, and Roger Cormier 12/26

Carol Danvers played baseball, and she always got back up; non-astronaut throws baseball; sorry prospects, it's prospecting night at the ballpark; creating the best Topps baseball card pack ever; the sad case of Charlie Hollocher; RIP Brody Stevens

Long Relief: When the National League Had Nothing Left to Say

by Roger Cormier 12/24

What local radio announcers said during the biggest National League blowouts of 2019.

Long Relief: When the American League Had Nothing Left to Say

by Roger Cormier 12/23

What local radio announcers said during the biggest American League blowouts of 2019.

Short Relief: Cole for Chanukah

by Rob Mains, Matt Sussman, Daniel R. Epstein, and Matthew Roberson 12/20

The second annual baseball Chanukah song from Rob Mains; what the city flags say about the NL Central teams; let's talk about Gerrit Cole and that old sign of his; "free agency" is not exactly what it sounds like

Short Relief: December Boy’s Got it Bad

by Nicholas Stillman, Kate Preusser, and Neil Bhandari 12/19

Which contemporary pitcher best exemplifies the phrase "life throws you a curveball" when your mother says she's marrying your uncle?; a review of Ty Kelly's poem about David Wright; crowd sourcing a take on the three-batter reliever minimum when your writing arm is tired

Short Relief: Cashen Sax and Cats

by Allison McCague, Davy Andrews, and Beth Davies-Stofka 12/18

Taking pride in wearing your team's hat; like the dirty subway platform, where would you even begin to fix baseball's problems anyway?; grooming the kitten to like baseball in time for spring training