Category Archives: Features

We Are Baseball: A Manifesto

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Eric

I am more smitten with baseball in the last two weeks of February than at any other time of the year. It was in the last two weeks of February in 2009 that I conceived of this blog and opened … Continue reading →

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Encino Man

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Eric

When Milton Bradley was arrested recently at his home for making violent threats to a woman, I was surprised to learn that he lived in Encino, CA. Encino is a plain and pleasant section of Los Angeles right at the … Continue reading →

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The Game Called Catch (Part II)

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Eric

Chrissy Wilson is a writer who lives in Reno, Nevada. She recently bought her first baseball mitt. We’re joining Chrissy as she breaks in, and ultimately becomes one with that glove. Read part one here. “Well beat the drum and … Continue reading →

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The Game Called Catch (Part I)

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Eric

Chrissy Wilson is a writer who lives in Reno, Nevada. She recently bought her first baseball mitt. In the coming weeks (or months), we’ll join Chrissy as she breaks in, and ultimately becomes one with that glove. I’m a late … Continue reading →

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The Definitive Unsourced Milton Bradley Timeline

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Eric

Update:  As history unfolds, so must our recordings of it change. Here is the world famous Milton Bradley Timeline with an update for recent events: I meant to say something intelligent and original about the recent Milton Bradley/Lou Pineilla fracas.  … Continue reading →

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The Mulder Collective

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Eric

Something really weird happened to me this afternoon. I got all nostalgic about Mark Mulder. I was thinking about pitching, preparing to write a post about the rise of a new wave of aces, when all of a sudden there … Continue reading →

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The Decline And Fall Of The Complete Game

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Eric

There’s something beautiful and perfect and symmetrical about a shutout. The line of zeroes on the scoreboard that feels like it could go on forever. The inevitable victory that comes when the zeroes do stop. It’s perfection embodied in the … Continue reading →

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Alex Rodriguez: Tragic Hero? (Final Thoughts)

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Eric

I. I’ve lived in New York for two months. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned about this city it’s that people here absolutely despise Alex Rodriguez. It’s more than steroids hatred, or sucking in the postseason hatred, or trying … Continue reading →

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Alex Rodriguez: Tragic Hero? (Part II)

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Eric

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” – The Witches of Macbeth This started as an essay called Alex Rodriguez: Tragic Hero. I had noble intensions for it; I was going to compare A-Rod to Macbeth. I would have matched … Continue reading →

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The Death Of A Pitcher

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Eric

So this piece has been selected for the 2010 edition of Best American Sports Writing. Pretty amazing. It’s one of the first serious posts I ever did for this website and something that honored or not, I’m very proud to … Continue reading →

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