Tim Anderson gives a "The Natural" ending to a homer-happy Field of Dreams game, Chris Davis retires, Jake Arrieta goes bye-bye, there are broken cities in our midst.
Hope tomorrow you'll find better things. In the meantime, today's newsletter is pretty damn good.
Barstool idiocy, robot umpires, gerrymandering, ghost malls, school board revolts, no pity for the unvaccinated, more on Tranmere F.C. and two bad songs.
MLB and an ill-advised team-up with Barstool, apple pie hot dogs, climate change nihilism, and I have found a potential English football team, but it's dumb.
The Mets' bad week, the horribleness of meal planning, Hobo King Packy Naughton, my 115th dream, and the death of my childhood crush.
Gambling, the Field of Dreams Game, J.D. Vance, and Dane Dunning. Yep, all of my usual obsessions are covered today.
In which I pitch a "Field of Dreams" sequel that would ease our pain
Some young Yankees guns step up, things get ugly in Chavez Ravine, and there's a drummer out there who na-na, has to go get a job.
A personal anniversary, a Dane Dunning remembrance, a bad luck praying mantis, an allegedly "poisonous" cat, and some low-rent rebop from Jed Hoyer
Cubs fans miss their old flames, the Mets dumped their top pick, and there's a big gambling story in hockey, at least if you know where to look.
It was the busiest trade deadline I can recall
So you've been traded by the Washington Nationals
