Watching the postseason with an ailing cat; a guide to the next month from a fan of a consistently losing team; the fine art of focus, perfected by Hank Aaron and Jared Hughes
Far from my backyard, if you squint, you can just make out the edge of the Puget Sound. It lies to the east of us, and as weather systems blow in from the north or southwest our modest little view lets us see the winter storms not as they approach, but as they depart; our…
Whatever is a baseball writer to do? Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich each took home MVP awards last night. The night before, Blake Snell and Jacob deGrom took home Cy Young honors. And earlier this week Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña were rewarded with Rookie of the Year awards. These choices are all…good? Look, I’m…
Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way—ours is a family of Mets fans. My dad and his younger brother have always loved baseball, but my grandma was by far the biggest diehard in the family. This is our first season, and the Mets’, without her. My grandma liked to tell the story of…
The game isn’t really ours right now, but we have the power to change that.
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…
Ben and Sam talk to Charlie Wilmoth about his new book about the Pirates and the psychology of Pirates fans.
When it comes to fandom, can it really be true that it’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game?
A hardcore baseball fan falls out of love with the game, then tries to dig up his old affection.