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Nationals Yet to Offer Daylen Lile a Contract Extension

The Washington Nationals have not approached Daylen Lile about an extension despite his strong rookie season, leaving his future with the team uncertain.

Opening Day Roundup: Five Stories That Set the Tone for 2026

Appreciation for Carlos Delgado & Bill Hall

Reviewing Stathead, the Successor to Play Index

American Indie Leagues Explained

Clint’s Time to Shine

Eight Spring Training Extension Candidates

A Guide to Spring Training Uniform Numbers

A College No-Hitter We'll Never See Again

Pay-to-Play: Selling a Professional Baseball Dream

Laser Show Forever

Rockies GM Jeff Bridich and the Privilege to Fail

Simple Moves Cubs Can Make to Compete in The NL Central in 2021

Expanding MLB Playoffs is Another Attempt to Drive Player Salaries Down

A Proposal to Save the Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Process from Itself

Hank Aaron: More Than a Ballplayer

Enrique Hernandez is the Most Fun Player in Baseball, and No One Can Tell Me Otherwise

BOOK PREVIEW: The Cup of Coffee Club

Changing the Game: 7-Inning Doubleheaders and a Runner on Second Base

Andrew Benintendi’s Tenure in Boston is Likely Over

NL Central Teams Ranked by Their Apathy Toward Winning in 2021

The Amazing Journey of Eric Thames

Before the Season Can Start...

My Favorite Game of 2020: Cubs at Brewers (September 12th)

Sir Trent Grisham’s Heartwarming Redemption Arc

The Character Clause: Avoid Hypocrisy by Voting on the Stats, Not Your Conscience

Australian Baseball League Woes

Padres Powerhouse: Why Must the Dodgers Ruin All Our Fun?

Manny Ramírez and the Cruelty of Baseball

MLB The Show Covers: I Have Some Questions

Redrafting the MLB Playoffs

MLB Records That Will (and Won't) Change with Negro Leagues Earning "Major League" Status

The Negro Leagues Have Been and Always Will be Major Leagues

Redeeming Gary Sánchez

Moment #91: Yankees' Murderer's Row Captures Fans' Imaginations | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #92: Baseball Finally Expands Instant Replay | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

A Sign of the Times: St. Paul Saints Join the Twins Organization

A Reckoning with the Inevitable Future of the Universal DH

Batters Are Incapable of Joy

Kyle Schwarber's Departure Marks the End of the Golden Age of Cubs Baseball

Moment #93: The Doubleheader Falls out of Fashion | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Being a White Sox Fan Won’t Be Fun This Year

Analytic Hegemony: The Case for Statistics Beyond MLB

Moment #94: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is Born | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #95: MLB Debuts the Home Run Derby | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

The Five Dumbest Hall of Fame Arguments

Moment #96: Disco Demolition Night Goes Awry | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #97: Nolan Ryan Beats Down Robin Ventura | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #98: Numbers are Worn for the First Time in 1929 | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #99: The Green Monster is Painted Green | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Moment #100: Dock Ellis throws no-hitter on LSD | MLB's ALL-TIME MOMENTS

Evaluating Baseball’s Most Volatile Position

Missing Baseball? Meet LIDOM.

Closing Time: Why Theo Left the Cubs and What's Next For Chicago

The Hyenas and the Stuntmen: The Dodgers Platoon Squad

A Tribute to Elmer Gedeon & Harry O'Neill, Baseball's Fallen Heroes

Creating New MLB Awards

Dodgers’ World Series Title Deserves No Asterisk *

It's Time to Welcome A.J. Hinch Back to Baseball

Digging Up Young Mookie Betts Scouting Reports

Game 4: The Best of Baseball

Debunking the Myth of Clayton Kershaw as a Choke Artist

Postseason Broadcasts Fail to Tell the Deeper Story

Explaining Baseball in One Postseason At-Bat

Jon Lester Changed Everything

Mike Trout’s Defense Could (Should?) Cost Him the MVP

Permanently Expanded Playoffs Are a Disaster on Every Level

The “Buster Posey Rule”: Why Last Night’s Braves/Phillies Finish Was Called Correctly

MLB The Show 20

A Salute to Kyle Seager: The (Somewhat) Bane of My Existence

Andrelton Simmons May Go Down as MLB's Best Defensive Player Ever

Baseball Without Unwritten Rules: Summer Camp 2020

Ben Gamel's Got a Brand New Swing

Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of 2004

Chan Ho Park Was A Lot Better Than You Remember

FYI Takes on Marcus Stroman's Opt Out

Harry Chiti: The Man Who Was Traded for Himself

How Are the Cubs 7-2?

President #41

On Redemption and Rewriting History

Let’s Watch Albert Pujols Steal Bases

Max Kepler, White Privilege, and the Problem of Willful Blindness

Joe Mauer's Lone High School Strikeout

MLB Owners, MLBPA on Collision Course as CBA Talks Loom

The Whiplash of a Suspended Spring Training

Hey Baseball: India is Still Waiting

MLB Character Clause is a Cop Out for Keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall

MLB's 2020 Draft Rules Could do Irreparable Damage to Small-Market Teams

First Taste of Pro Ball

Now Batting for the Marlins, #2, Shortstop Derek Jeter

Oakland Athletics Go from Small Market to Low Life

One Last Outing

My First Professional Offseason

Now batting for the Red Sox, #5, Nomahh, Garcia-Parraaaaaa

One Piece for MLB Fringe Contenders

Power Ranking MLB's Most Iconic Franchises: #1-5

Power Ranking MLB's Most Iconic Franchises: #11-15

Power Ranking MLB's Most Iconic Franchises: #16-20

Power Ranking MLB's Most Iconic Franchises: #6-10

The 1981 Cincinnati Reds: Baseball's Best Record, but Missed the Playoffs

The Disturbing Common Thread of Racism

The Curious Case of Benintendi

Cubs Ownership is Lying

The Case of Kris Bryant: Service Time Manipulation and Its Negative Impact on MLB

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