Writings

Book Review: Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully by Tom Hoffarth

With Pennsylvania widely considered the most crucial of the seven 2024 swing states and America feeling stuck in a winter of discord haunted by the specter of political violence, I decided to report on the election from Punxsutawney.

In a guest post, the author of a forthcoming biography of the Orioles’ Hall of Fame manager explains how his book came about — and what he discovered.

In the United States, baseball is becoming a mostly white country-club sport for upper-class families to consume, like a snorkeling vacation or a round of golf.

The deeper kind of reporting that Evan Gershkovich was practicing when he was arrested in Russia is, in my mind, a practice of love.

The strong reactions online to my recent examination of how private ​“travel” baseball clubs are replacing nonprofit, volunteer-based leagues suggests that youth baseball is in a crisis that might require radical reform.