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Posted inReading List
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: A Baseball Reading List
Jacqueline Alnes mines personal memory as she examines baseball’s culture, its hidden histories, and the gender and disparities in the game today.
Posted inUncategorized
Final Girl, Terrible Place
I was expecting a handy theory. What I found was a way of seeing that would help me decode a script I’d been stuck in for much of my life.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quotes
Don’t Pretend Like You Don’t Love Wikipedia
Without it, you’d have to actually, y’know, be productive.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Home and Away
A recent rule change allows American-born baseball players to go pro in Mexico—and they’re fielding a familiar backlash.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Abuela, Chef, Boss: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Grandmother Feeds the Majors
“Altagracia Alvino may be the most popular and powerful grandmother in baseball. For about two decades, she has filled the bellies of hundreds of players, most of them Latin Americans far from home. Eating her comfort food is a tradition that has become especially popular among players from the family’s homeland, the Dominican Republic.”
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Guy who Ordered a Hit On His Stepmother for $5
Death, delivered as per your instructions.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
There’s No Discrimination in Baseball!
Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Home Field Disadvantage
What will it take to get women’s baseball the recognition it deserves?
Posted inNonfiction
Addiction’s Seismic Effects on a Family
A mother confronts the painful truths of trying to save a son who’s a danger not only to himself, but to the rest of the family as well.
