There’s a real place called Peace River, and you better believe it was the home to multiple beautiful baseball fields; a player in 1906 suggested batters should get to choose between running to first or third base; a writer in 2019 suggests fixing the tainted 2017 World Series with hook-a-duck or welly wanging.
Chris Carpenter touched first base and the Cardinals exploded in a firestorm, springing around the field like children at a party on a hot summer’s day. Ryan Howard crumpled on the first base line. One swing ended all his hopes of restoring himself as the player he once was. I wondered if anyone noticed. My…
The length of its existence and sheer volume of games make it essentially impossible for one to know everything about the game. Even the things we think we know can be thrown into doubt, leaving a gaping hole where once there was certainty, creating ample opportunity for speculation among the hazy visage of fact. For…