The Baseball Listicle Lineup for February 22 - March 7, 2023
Issue #70
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 February 22 - March 7, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
These 5 Baseball Cards *Spring* to Life ..., by Wax Pack Gods, 3/5/2023
‘Baseball Zeroes,’ With Different Title, Shakes Up Baseball Book Market, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/4/2023
Baseball and Time, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/3/2023
Max Scherzer's Pitch Clock Adventure Ends Wild Week in Baseball, by Molly Knight at The Long Game, 3/3/2023
Ask not for whom the clock tolls: It may yet toll at the worst of wrong moments, by Jeff Kallman, first article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/3/2023
It’s About Time: Baseball Does Something To Shorten Its Act, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/3/2023
Ch-ch-ch-changes!, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/2/2023
The Weirdest Award Winners Ever, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 2/28/2023
Play Ball! Celebrating the Game(s) with Some Action Cards, by Wax Pack Gods, 2/26/2023
JoeBlogs Hall of Fame: The Second Class, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 2/23/2023
JonPGH Fantasy Sports - Fantasy Baseball Position Tier Articles (see links to Jon’s position player tiers in my last BLL):
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:
5 dark horse Cy Young candidates in '23, by MLB.com writers, 3/6/2023
Which Classic team is best? We drafted the top 10, by Will Leitch, 3/6/2023
Ranking baseball's Top 10 lineup duos for 2023, by Manny Randhawa, 3/5/2023
30 prospects who have turned heads this spring, by MLB.com writers, 3/5/2023
9 players with a big walk-year opportunity, by Andrew Simon, 3/4/2023
5 under-the-radar MVP predictions for 2023, by MLB.com writers, 3/3/2023
Predicting the NL West with 10 key questions, by Will Leitch, 3/2/2023
The 10 oldest players in baseball in 2023, by Will Leitch, 3/1/2023
One dark horse to make each Opening Day roster, by MLB.com writers, 2/26/2023
5 pitchers who can bounce back in 2023, by MLB.com writers, 2/25/2023
These 7 players broke out in 2022. Can they do it again?, by Will Leitch, 2/23/2023
5 hitters poised to bounce back in 2023, MLB.com writers, 2/23/2023
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.
