Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
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Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
Every sports story is a labor story, and this one dates back to 1965 when the fledgling Major League Baseball Players Association began to strengthen in response to the owners’ threat that they would cancel the players’ pension plan. Since then the sport has seen nine work stoppages, some $270 million in owner fines after the players proved the tea... See more
MLB’s Uniform Fiasco Is About More Than See-Through Pants
the basis of that most profound expression of the American psyche, the game of baseball, a game whose object is to leave home in order to return to it again, transformed by the time spent circling the bases. And that famous shortstop Odysseus also played this game, propelled around the world by the same dream, of returning home in the end, transfor
... See moreAlan Lew • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
Every game is someone’s first game. This is something both Emily and Jared have said since day one. Logan Moody provided a special moment for that young woman at her first game—our first game. And it was in that moment that I truly understood the power of first impressions—no matter the obstacles.
Jesse Cole • Fans First
Landsman considers the things that remain his to lose: a porkpie hat. A travel chess set and a Polaroid picture of a dead messiah. A boundary map of Sitka, profane, ad hoc, encyclopedic, crime scenes and low dives and chokeberry brambles, printed on the tangles of his brain. Winter fog that blankets the heart, summer afternoons that stretch endless
... See moreMichael Chabon • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
We reject the idea that baseball is inherently boring, and we do everything in our power to fill every moment with something fun and different.
Jesse Cole • Find Your Yellow Tux: How to Be Successful by Standing Out
No one remembers our first brutal opening night. Or our failed horse race promotion. Or the halftime bagpipe band that put them to sleep. They remember us for the moments we created for them. They remember us for how we made them feel. They remember us for inviting them to stand with us and to believe that anything is possible—and that anyone can a
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