If Baseball Is Ruined, Show Me The Ruins
The Los Angeles Dodgers got Tarik Skubal, damn them. Damn them for having money; damn them for being too damn...
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Where Am I Supposed To Look When I Look At Baseball?
One Defector intern explains baseball to another.Sohini: When I used to call it boring, my dad used to tell me...
A Front-Row Seat To The Worst Team In Pro Baseball
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you regret that you never got a chance to see the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the...
There Is A Whole World In ‘The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop.’
From the moment you begin Robert Coover’s 1968 novel The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop., you are...
You Are Hereby Invited To Join The Universal Baseball Association
There was a time, during a personal zenith of certitude and obnoxiousness that fits perfectly over my last years of...
It’s Ildemaro Vargas Time In Major League Baseball
"I’ve been trying to avoid writing about Vargas in this space," Baseball Prospectus fantasy baseball writer Michael Waterloo wrote last...
The Yankees Want To Dress Like All The Other Baseball Teams
There's no predicting which silly story will become the next unhinged national sociopolitical argument. It is clear how it happens—enough...
Even At The World Baseball Classic, The Mariners Cannot Escape Themselves
Part of the charm of the World Baseball Classic is that it takes your favorite athletes and places them in...
Camera Absolutely Wrecked By Baseball
Smack! Pop! Crack! Woosh! Thump! Ping! Thud! Zing! Thwack! Whomp! Bam! BOOM! These are the normal, old-hat sounds of baseball....
Best MLB Prop Bets for Friday September 26th: Top Baseball Betting Picks Today
Sep 20, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Slade Cecconi (44) delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins...
Best MLB Bets for Tuesday September 23rd: Top Baseball Betting Picks Today
Sep 18, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) rounds the bases...
You’re Invited To Defector’s Fifth Birthday Party And Also Some Baseball Games
Defector started publishing blogs on Sept. 10, 2020. We are somehow mere weeks away from our fifth anniversary.To celebrate, Defector...
Defector Reads A Baseball Book
Sometimes you find yourself remembering a book. Such was the case a few weeks ago, when someone dropped this tweet into our...
Private Equity Now Owns More Than 40 Minor League Baseball Teams, And The Number Keeps Growing
Private equity is the steamroller that crushes all your favorite things. Journalism, for one, and also a once iconic toy...
The Savannah Bananas Make Baseball Boring
"What's the deal with the Savannah Bananas?"Like five different times over the past few months, someone at this website has...
