The Rays’ idea wasn’t entirely original.
A History of Defunct Team Nicknames
What happens when you leave the power to nickname baseball teams to sportswriters? Quite a lot, apparently.
Card Corner Plus: Three Departures
A brief look back at the careers of a trio of pitchers who recently passed on.
In Defense of the Home Run
There may be more of them than ever before, but home runs are still the most exciting play in the game.
Catfish and Me
Reminisces of a meeting with an all-time great.
Some harden under pressure; others crack. What makes the difference?
We all know the NPB stars who have crossed over to big-league success. What about those who did it the other way around?
In the quiet idyll of Nantucket Island, a grandfather and grandson are connected by the Red Sox.
A short history of women’s baseball in the United States, and the story of one of its trailblazers.
In Part 3 of this series on the coding language Rust, we learn how to capture Gameday metadata.