Baseball’s Back on Broadway
Baseball’s most well-known connection to Broadway is, of course, 1955’s Damn Yankees, the Faustian tale of a pro-baseball wannabe who sells his soul for a shot at The Show. That show…
Throwback: Major League – Rooting for the Yankees
With the Yankees beating the Cleveland Guardians in the ALDS (and being completely overworked and not having time to write a new column) I thought it would be appropriate to…
Major League – Rooting for the Yankees
Unquestionably, my all time favorite baseball movie is Major League. It depicts baseball players exactly as I imagine they were in the 80s and 90s. It’s as close to a…
Baseball Quiz: September 2022
Inspired by the Baseball Quick Quiz in Baseball Digests of yesteryear, this quiz will test your MLB knowledge. Answers can be found below the second picture, so don’t scroll down…
Baseball Movies: A League of Their Own (1992)
Welcome to my series of reviews of baseball movies. Baseball is the sport that translates best to film – there’s ample pausing for dramatic effect, players are in distinct positions…
That Clown Chris Woodward and Calling Up the Young Kids from AAA
If you read my column earlier in the season about Chris Woodward and the Texas Rangers (which judging by the metrics, you likely did not) you’ll know that based off…