The next time you’re on Let’s Make A Deal, switch to the other door.

I wasn’t going to write today’s article, but that would be esquivalience.

Our recommended reading list for today includes Emily Dickinson on Zoloft, Klingon fairy tales, and this column.

They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.
—John Lowenstein

It’s August, but two players have already set a record for most Win Shares at their age. Can you guess who they are?

Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall—and it rolls off! It’s rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres.
—Newest Ford Frick Award Winner Jerry Coleman

Trying to capture the essence of this year’s divisional races, Dave considers movies, landscapes, symphonies and history. And sort of comes close.

Visitor: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
Man: No it isn’t.
— Monty Python

Although some don’t believe in clutch hitters, that doesn’t mean we should ignore clutch hitting. Does it?

After watching the All-Star game in all of its online glory, Dave reminisces about the mundane ways baseball has been watched in the past.