The Baseball Listicle Lineup for March 8-21, 2023
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past two weeks
Issue #74
Latest edition of this regular feature here at Now Taking the Field—a roundup of my favorite recent baseball articles. Somewhat similar to my own writing topics, I tend to like “listicles” the best—articles that are either written in list form or that make heavy use of lists and charts of data, players, rankings, etc. I’ll of course include other favorite baseball articles in these weekly round-ups, but you’ll find most will be of that type. I’ll especially be focusing on articles by other Substack baseball authors, and articles directly from MLB.com itself, but I sometimes do read articles from other sources too.
Here are my favorite articles for the week March 8-21, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
This WBC Is a Classic, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/21/2023
JoeBlogs Hall of Fame: The Third Class, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/20/2023
March Madness in the Wax Pack, by Wax Pack Gods, 3/19/2023
Joe DiMaggio Was Greater Than His Numbers, by Paul Semendinger, first article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/18/2023
Fifty+ Years Of Personal Baseball Highlights I Could Never Forget, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/18/2023
Edwin Díaz Tears Patella Tendon at World Baseball Classic, Entire Sport Yells at Itself About World Baseball Classic, by Mollie Knight at The Long Game, 3/17/2023
Here’s a St. Patty’s Day Look at Best Irish-American Ballplayers, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/17/2023
The Legend of Firpo Marberry, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/15/2023
Talkin' Baseball!, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/14/2023
The Greatest Black Baseball Players in American League History, by Matt Whitener, first article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/10/202
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:
One cool promotion for every team in 2023, by Will Leitch, 3/21/2023
Predicting the AL Central with 10 key questions, by Will Leitch, 3/19/2023
1 player on each team who's made a big impression this spring, by MLB.com, 3/19/2023
Predicting the NL East with 10 key questions, by Will Leitch, 3/18/2023
The most improved players of '23 will be ..., by Thomas Harrigan, 3/18/2023
Next stop: Cooperstown? You can watch these potential HOFers, by Mike Petriello, 3/18/2023
Who will be each club's best player in 2023?, by Will Leitch, 3/18/2023
4 options for Mets to fill Díaz-sized hole in bullpen, by Mark Feinsand, 3/16/2023
Sub-.500 to playoffs? These teams could do it, by Mike Petriello, 3/16/2023
Projecting Opening Day lineups and rotations for every team, by MLB.com writers, 3/14/2023
The position battles each club still needs to sort out, by MLB.com writers, 3/12/2023
Keep an eye on these 12 non-roster invitees, by Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru, 3/8/2023
And finally, if you are interested in daily, yet quick-read, baseball-related email newsletters, you can’t go wrong with these three:
Baseball Reference Newsletter - recaps of yesterday's top performers, a look ahead at today's games, unique milestones and Stathead spotlights, and "On This Day" and "Born This Day" lists.
MLB Morning Lineup - links to the latest articles, videos, and more from MLB
Horsehide Trivia - a challenging baseball trivia question each day, from D. Bruce Brown
Did you know? I wrote a book with the same title as this Substack newsletter / blog: Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises. It was published in early 2019, by ACTA Sports, the publisher of the annual Bill James Handbook and other popular titles. You can learn more about it at www.NowTakingTheField.com, or buy directly at Amazon and other booksellers.
