Tagged Baseball is Life

Dissatisfaction is so high with the MLB in general and the Reds in particular that I wonder if a complete reboot of the sport is necessary. In the sense that it's not even the MLB. It's a bunch of chicks. A bun... Read More...

In this season of assessment of trades-- my middle reliever for your third-string catcher--and playoff shifting, my thoughts turn, as always, to Devin Mesoraco. This was the All-Star catcher who reported to ... Read More...

Some baseball games are written in what the crowd never sees.

In a season of disconnect from America's Pastime, it's a lovely way to still pass the time together.

Unlike the arcs of soccer or basketball fields, which can be nightmares of geometry, the lines of baseball are straight and true. Lines used to bracket a baseball field, to create the boundaries of its being... Read More...

Baseball is a business of other people's fun. The players are supposed to have it, and if the fans have it, despite what the scoreboard says, a game can still be considered a success. I have a friend who, al... Read More...

We lose sight of it sometimes as we strain to look over the outer fences, but home is the heart of baseball.