The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Oct 5 - Oct 12, 2022
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past week
Issue #39
Latest 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 Oct 5 - Oct 12, 2022, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
A Homer for the Ages, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 10/12/2022
One Down, 10 To Go For the Dodgers, by Molly Knight, 10/12/2022
The Story of the 2022 Cleveland Guardians (thus far), by Jonathan Palomo, 10/11/2022
Can These Dodgers Cement Their Legacy as One of the Greatest Teams of All-Time? The Quest Begins Tonight, by Molly Knight, 10/11/2022
MLB Counting On Guardians, Mariners To Perpetuate Parity Myth, by Sean Millerick, at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 10/10/2022
5 Baseball Movies Perfect for October, by Wax Pack Gods, 10/9/2022
Trout, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 10/6/2022
No. 62, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 10/5/2022
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com this past week:
Who are the all-time best players from Cuba?, by Alyson Footer, Nathalie Alonso, Sarah Langs, Mark Feinsand, 10/12/2022
The greatest, most iconic postseason homers ever, by Brian Murphy, 10/11/2022
Here are deGrom's 7 most likely suitors, by Mark Feinsand, 10/10/2022
Storied careers of Pujols, Molina come to a close: 'We left a mark', by John Denton, 10/9/2022
11 facts about Mariners' long-awaited return to postseason, by Andrew Simon, 10/8/2022
1 reason every team in '22 postseason can win it all, by MLB.com writers, 10/6/2022
Best postseason lineups? We've ranked 'em, by Anthony Castrovince, 10/6/2022
Here's how the postseason pitching staffs rank, by Anthony Castrovince, 10/6/2022
13 stars who could bolster their FA stock this postseason, by Mark Feinsand, 10/5/2022
1 defining stat for each postseason team, by Sarah Langs, 10/5/2022
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