Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Like Ballparks: Yesterday & Today, this is going to be a short and sweet review. That’s not a knock on Phil Trexler and Marty Strasen’s book. Rather, it’s an acknowledgement that their book gets straight to the point and never quite aims to be anything other than what it purports to be: a collection of […]
I didn’t plan on writing about baseball this week. My schedule has been fairly intense, and it won’t let up for at least another month. Unfortunately, when life gets busy, it’s often my baseball writing that takes a backseat. However, when a day like October 17th, 2025, comes along, the writing bug stirs to life […]
There are parts to John Feinstein’s work that are dripping with humanity. Whether it’s the snippets he shows us of Scott Elarton’s journey or the travails of John Lindsey, they come across as decidedly human beings swept up in something much greater than themselves. Feinstein’s ability to showcase the humanity of his subjects is, undoubtedly, […]
There’s a nuanced story about arm injuries in baseball. One that is full of depth and hard questions. The sort of story that a journalist can make a career out of as they plow forward and seek to uncover the truth and provide answers. Perhaps one day such a story will find its way into […]
How much of Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever is written by Satchel Paige, and how much is written by David Lipman? How much is written by Lipman pretending to be Paige? How much of the content within the pages of Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever actually took place? If I were a gambling man, I’d wager that […]