Day in the life of an MLB beat writer

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Day in the life of an MLB beat writer

What it’s like to be an MLB team beat writer

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Capturing the legacy of Rickwood Field

How Chuck Styles captured Negro Leagues history at Rickwood Field

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One fan’s mission to share his love of bright polyester

A fan’s love for colorful polyester uniforms

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A brush with greatness

One fan’s experience nabbing a Barry Bond’s foul ball

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Angels in the Outfield

Angels fans don angels costumes to take over the outfield seats

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This baseball fan ate 83 helmet nachos in one season

At what point are you more helmet nacho than person?

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Tracking relocation through design

How one designer plotted baseball history onto a graph

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Half Marathon on the Citi Field concourse

How one Mets fan ran a half marathon during a baseball game

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Bringing Back Scorekeeping in Style

How Numbers Game creates scorecards for those with an eye for design

Tiffany Babb 3/25/25 Tiffany Babb 3/25/25

Painting Baseball History

How artist Graig Kreindler paints baseball history