Joey Votto soaks it all in, Sean Doolittle retires, the Royals sweep the Astros, Mike Trout shuts it down, MTG gets everything wrong about Yom Kippur, and more.
Nick Castellanos continues his surge, Tommy Pham criticizes the Mets, Alek Manoah's season is done, the Tigers hire a new GM, and David Brooks gets clowned.
Corbin Carroll joins the 25/50 club, Nick Castellanos has himself a day, a damning report on A's leadership, and an All-Star's great impression of a former manager.
Ohtani has elbow surgery, a damning report on the Padres while they flirted with a no-no, the White Sox fill out their new front office, and more.
Rays and Brewers have some stadium news, Adam Wainwright notches win No. 200, a Twin has twins, and Republicans rage against shorts.
The O's and Rays are in, Bartolo retires as a Met, the Fish shell the Braves, some premature popping, and a celeb backtracks.
The Red Sox fired the guy behind the Mookie Betts trade, the Orioles promoted another prospect, and a Yankees prospect will have Tommy John surgery.
The Braves clinch another division title, the Nats extend Mike Rizzo, Max Scherzer goes down with an injury, and an escaped convict gets caught.
Today's recaps are more random than usual, the Mets get their man, the Dodgers get a new pitcher with electric stuff, how our values change as we age, and how the newsletter will run while I'm gone
The A's are full of crap, Julio Urías is persona non grata in Los Angeles, a top Cubs prospect is called up, the gratitude of capitalists, buffalo wings and stolen valor, and 50 theses about movies
Near-no-nos, a tough break for a top prospect, old timers spew nonsense, Mike Trout: trade bait, the sponsored Clemente Award, some gobsmacking sexual harassment, and the Magic Bullet
A gem of a Dante Game, an unexpected ejection, the Nats miss a slam dunk, body doubles, angry teachers, a venerable cliche, Elon Musk at war, and my daughter's plan for getting rabies