NY Times
Film, Film, Film for the Home Team
During spring training, Major League Baseball players recorded trick shots and podcasts at a content house in the hope of broadening the sport’s cultural relevance.
Tue, Apr 1
- MLB
He Wore a ‘Patriotic’ Hat to a Blue Jays Game. It Got Him Ejected.
The message “Canada is not for sale” drew attention because of a rule against political slogans at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Teams:Blue Jays
Wed, Mar 26
- MLB
Where Did All of Baseball’s Superstar Pitchers Go?
Why has pro baseball made it so hard for today’s pitchers to achieve greatness?
Players:
Wed, Mar 19
- MLB
How ‘Moneyball’ and ‘Sugar’ Altered the Baseball Movie
Two contemporary films reimagined the stories we tell about the sport.
Sun, Mar 9
- MLB
Art Schallock, Oldest Surviving Major Leaguer, Dies at 100
A pitcher, he played for the Yankees and the Orioles.
Sat, Mar 8
- MLB
Frank Saucier, Slugger Sidelined by a Publicity Stunt, Dies at 98
He had just recently joined the St. Louis Browns when he was replaced in the lineup by Eddie Gaedel, a 3-foot-7 circus performer, in a game in 1951.
Sat, Mar 1
- MLB
Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose
President Trump also repeated his call for Rose, who was banned from the sport for gambling, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Mon, Feb 24
- MLB
Book Review: “The Last Manager,” by John W. Miller
The famous Baltimore Orioles manager gets a vivid new biography, the book equivalent of “a screaming triple into the left field corner.
