They knocked it out of the park with this one.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game (similar to cricket, softball, or rounders) played between two teams of nine players each that take turns in batting and fielding. A baseball field has four bases which players run around counter-clockwise when they are batting. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game wins.
The most popular baseball league is Major League Baseball (MLB). Baseball is also very popular in Canada and Japan.
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Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in same game. And we have rain and a trade to thank for this unusual milestone.
Ashawnta Jackson on Richard Nixon’s fantasy baseball team: The publicity associated with the sport would help ‘humanize’ his image with the potential Nixon-voting Democrats.
We can thank MLB for our tumultuous relationship with streaming
From home run to home streaming.
How the Black Press Helped Integrate Baseball: Black newspapers often spoke to the conscience of the nation. As historian Bill L. Weaver notes, the Black press was ‘acutely perceptive and remarkably capable of assessing the importance of racial advances in the context of what the race ultimately hoped to achieve.’
MLB on Bhutan's surging interest in baseball
“Kids are there and they love it. They want to keep playing.” – Matthew DeSantis
Phil Edwards on why baseball diamonds are that shape
An answer to a sports question we didn’t need but we’re grateful for the knowledge nonetheless.
Domingo Germán's perfect game
‘To accomplish something like this in my career is something that I’m going to remember forever.’
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Before Jackie Robinson, there was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings.
Chartball: a place for sports data nerds to enjoy some data viz
Everyone loves a sports poster, right?
I know very little about baseball but cool apparel like this helps. The Eephus League (of Baseball Minutiae) is dedicated to bringing baseball fans together in the name of shared experiences and gaining knowledge. It’s almost like a social archive with a focus on record keeping.
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The Ringer's favourite sporting moments of 2021
The panDemiLovato couldn’t stop these sporting moments from 2021.
Shakeia Taylor on baseball's managers of colour and the ineffectiveness of the 'Selig Rule'
Diversity has been a major league issue for baseball, despite the good intentions of the Selig Rule.
What's in a sports shirt number?
That which we call a position by any other number would smell as sweet.
The baseball players of colour of the Jim Crow era
‘Later, Cuban players began making their mark in the sport, aided by what Laliberte calls an ‘ambiguous racial position in United States society and sport.”
Shakeia Taylor on Marcus Stroman's durag/pitch success rate
Stuntin’ with his durag on/By the ocean/Let it flap in the wind/In slow motion.
Fernando Tatis Jr. did a double jump and it was double dope
Eat that, Mario (formerly known as Jumpman)!
How did human beings become the best—and fastest—throwers on the planet?
Is there any stopping pitchers from faster throws?