Verlander tops Scherzer, Urías on leave, some unwelcome injury news, a potential new baseball boss in Queens, BlueSky invites, flying the fecal skies, flamingos, the Big Bang, and the Rolling Stones
Come-from-behind wins, postseason position shuffling, the weird Angels, a Proud Boy gets 20+, consumption, naps, dreams, Woody Allen's opinion, immortality and the Rolling Stones
A pitcher blows his second chance, the best and worst decision makers when it comes to swinging the bat, cruelty in Alabama, Ollie the hiker, Weekend at Bernie's and found art
Happy Labor Day
Acuña's big day, the Guardians make a bunch of waiver claims, the Brewers sign Donaldson, the White Sox have a GM, Jerry Reinsdorf spews BS, the Mets clean house, and I explain why term limits suck
Wander Franco is in hotter water, the Yankees and Mets are calling up well-known prospects, hiking, Oliver North, America's gerontocracy, and how not to defend yourself
A near no-no, a three-way tie in the AL West, waiver wire chaos in Anaheim, a low blow, Going in Style, Joe the Plumber, and literal, as opposed to figurative brain worms
470 words on why I'm not writing today
A new first place team, a drubbing in Detroit, Thor DFA'd, and a haunted dorm
Stephen Strasburg retires, Doc and Straw's numbers will be retired, Donald Tump got his mugshot taken, bravo to the amazing Russian news service, and Carlos Santana says something not so smooth
Bad news for Shohei Ohtani, a big day for Aaron Judge, the usual dysfunction from the White Sox, the oldest player you’ve seen play, voter fraud, Russian "accidents," NYT nihilism, and my new book
The Yankees keep losing, the White Sox clean house, Wander Franco is on ice indefinitely, spoilers, washed ballwriters, Brett Favre, and Chronophoto
