The United Charms of Baseball November 05, 2024
Let us now take a respite from the cleaving political moment to praise famous men in slightly more convivial division. The World Series has just been contested between those old baseball rivals, the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and f...
Let’s Get This Party Started November 05, 2024
The $30 ticket to Maria Bruggere’s election party in Los Angeles guarantees attendees an unlimited number of both “Pina Kamalas” and “Kamalaritas.” An open taco bar will be on-site, alongside photo booths, a dessert menu, and a merchandise shop brimm...
Loading Up October 28, 2024
This year’s World Series, which begins in Los Angeles tonight, features the two largest sporting markets going head-to-head, the revival of the original Subway Series between the (once Brooklyn) Dodgers and the New York Yankees and the promise of bas...
Baseball Is for the Losers October 28, 2024
Baseball culminates every year in the sinking light of autumn evenings, crisp weather that excites the heart and offers clarity on the latest long season. This has been a signal year not so much because of the superiority of any one team but because ...
Shohei Ohtani Is the GOAT June 03, 2024
Just over half a century ago, Major League Baseball introduced the designated hitter rule in the American League, consigning pitchers to the bench for half of each game. This year marks only the third since the National League adopted the still-contr...