“It’s not just a different game, it’s a worse game”

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“It’s not just a different game, it’s a worse game”

Tiffany Babb 9/9/25 Tiffany Babb 9/9/25

“It’s not just a different game, it’s a worse game”

Jane Leavy has a plan to fix baseball

Heroes from a Different Era: An interview with Mark Chiarello

Tiffany Babb 6/10/25 Tiffany Babb 6/10/25

Heroes from a Different Era: An interview with Mark Chiarello

An interview with artist Mark Chiarello

Do Managers Even Matter Anymore?: An Interview with Scott Miller

Tiffany Babb 5/13/25 Tiffany Babb 5/13/25

Do Managers Even Matter Anymore?: An Interview with Scott Miller

Typewriters and Tweets: Bill Madden on beat writing and the 70s Yankees

Tiffany Babb 4/22/25 Tiffany Babb 4/22/25

Typewriters and Tweets: Bill Madden on beat writing and the 70s Yankees

What does it mean to be paid to play a game?

Tiffany Babb 4/15/25 Tiffany Babb 4/15/25

What does it mean to be paid to play a game?

Field Work author Andrew Forbes on baseball, labor, and how we think about the two