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Mascots Behaving Badly
The Expos never won a World Series, but their misbehaving mascots are all over the record books.
Aug 17
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Paul Jackson
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Pass the Bat
Seeking a way out of a teamwide slump, the 1999 Anaheim Angels tried something no other team had ever done.
Aug 10
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Paul Jackson
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The Tinker, the Poet, and the Pocket Watch
In 1916, a Cubs star-turned-manager tried to resurrect the rowdy game of his heyday and triggered a rare forfeit.
Aug 3
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Paul Jackson
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July 2026
Rained In
Covered stadiums were supposed to end weather-related disruption, but sometimes Mother Nature wouldn’t play ball.
Jul 27
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Paul Jackson
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Finding Pinky’s Pinkie
Down a rabbit hole and into the Platinum Age of comic strips in search of the origins of a baseball nickname.
Jul 23
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Paul Jackson
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Naming Names: M - Z
A celebration of baseball’s best same-sounding player names. Actual playing ability not considered.
Jul 20
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Paul Jackson
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Naming Names: A - L
Writers love alliteration. So do baseball players...and their parents, evidently.
Jul 13
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Paul Jackson
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Waiting on the Fireworks
Before the ghost runner and the designated hitter, anything could happen in extra innings. On the Fourth of July in Atlanta in 1985, everything…
Jul 5
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Paul Jackson
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June 2026
The Las Vegas A(I)s
The Athletics are embracing the weirdest possible thing.
Jun 25
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Paul Jackson
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The Greenest Red - Part 2 of 2
Fifteen is a hard age to do anything, let alone pitch to Stan Musial.
Jun 22
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Paul Jackson
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Daddy’s Last Champagne
A story of a son’s love for his father–with a cameo by the most notorious criminal in United States history.
Jun 21
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Paul Jackson
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The Greenest Red - Part 1 of 2
In baseball’s third “war season,” the Cincinnati Reds let the kids play like never before–or since.
Jun 15
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Paul Jackson
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