The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Sep 6 - Sep 13, 2022
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past week
Issue #27
Eighth edition of this weekly 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 Sep 6 - 13, 2022, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
A Plea for the Return of the Complete Game, by Russ Walsh, at Here’s The Pitch: The IBWAA Newsletter, 9/13/2022
All Hail King Albert, Who Should Absolutely Return to Play in 2023, by Molly Knight, at The Long Game, 9/12/2022
Shohei and the Judge, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 9/7/2022
Streaking to the End, by G. Scott Thomas, at Baseball’s Best (and Worst), 9/6/2022
Beyond those specific articles, be sure to check out the various baseball-related Substacks that I recommend.
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com this past week:
These players have the most to prove down the stretch, by MLB.com writers, 9/13/2022
1 thing for each fanbase to be psyched for in September, by Will Leitch, 9/10/2022
Pitch timer, shift restrictions among announced rule changes for '23, by Anthony Castrovince, 9/9/2022
These are the 6 most compelling playoff races, by Will Leitch, 9/8/2022
5 things we've learned since the Trade Deadline, by Will Leitch, 9/6/2022
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