I was intrigued enough by the 2025 Historic Autographs “Famous Americans” set to scoop up a couple boxes. Here’s how I did. #CardSky jasoncards.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/2...

Congratulations to all winners of the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards! @michaelrosen.bsky.social of @fangraphs.com @richstaff.bsky.social of @defector.com @rjandersonwrites.com of CBS Sports @depstein1983.bsky.social of @baseballprospectus.com sabr.org/latest/rosen...

Calm before the storm! We’re about to get under way with the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference: sabr.org/analytics

I can’t believe with all of the Heated Rivalry discourse I haven’t brought up Dale Scott’s book The Umpire Is Out. STRONGLY recommended. The forward by Billy Bean talks about when his partner died and how isolating it was. So of course Scott opens the book with all the times he got hit in the nuts.

Nebraska Press has historically published a LOT of great books, especially those related to sports. Now's a great time to take advantage of a sale on their baseball books, especially if you're geeked about the upcoming World Baseball Classic.

Most people still don’t understand how bad the situation is when it comes to censorship of children’s literature.

Oh wow, this is going to be so cool.

Woohoo! There’s a new Concrete comic coming out in June. That’s my favorite super guy! I like when he goes to the bottom of the ocean to think quietly! www.superherohype.com/comics/65227...

Larry Lester and I will talk about how Negro League stats came to be a part of MLB's official record. This will be a Zoom event, so consider joining us next week, on Thursday, Feb 26 at noon Eastern Time. nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/16236463

Re-upping this essay from earlier this week...

Dark Horse announces CONCRETE: STARS OVER SAND #1 By Paul Chadwick ...the first new Concrete in 20 years.

Your every-so-often reminder that you can get 40% off my book on the Czech Republic national team with code 6AS26 here. Book is out on April 1, but preorders from publisher will likely arrive sooner: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Thanks to @celebrityhottub.bsky.social, I learned today that the Pirates are exactly .500 in their 144-year history open.spotify.com/episode/0vHh...

Indeed it is!

R.J. is very special, to me and also just objectively. He has basically become the Voice inside my head. Incredibly high standards, totally immune to bullshit, no personal agenda other than great work. If 99 baseball insiders said one thing and he said the other I’d follow him. Godspeed and go Nats.

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

First post in a while…

We're six weeks away from the release of WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL and I've got a new discount code for you. Enter code 6AS26 at @univnebpress.bsky.social for 40% off! Then email receipt and mailing address to WeSacrificeEverythingATGmailDOTcom and receive some Baseball Czech bookmarks

I think I somehow didn't put this in my book, but one of the more obvious blunders ever was giving 89 innings to Steve Blass in 1973. There's a pretty good chance (I think) that the Pirates beat out the Mets for division title if almost anybody else gets most of those innings.

In other words: rationality.

Folks get that Criterion 4K of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.

Blog Post: Leverage consideration of ABS Challenges tangotiger.com/index.php/si...

Early frontrunner for 2026 CASEY Award here...

Baseball is so back-and my new book, "The Ballpark and Beyond," is on deck, slated for release on May 28. Baseball stories from both on and off the field, spanning the ages—80,000 words, 150 original illustrations (not that I'm counting.)

Last summer I decided that I would try to complete one (and only one) page of tobacco baseball cards (circa 1909-1912). I got card #20 today, and I’m very content.

I’m so thrilled that Ellen Adair will be the audiobook narrator for HEARTLAND. If you enjoy listening to your books, I’m sure you will love this one! 🙌🏀🔥

Neko Syndicate is a 30-minutes-or-less game that packs a lot into a small box, with an engine-building mechanic around a theme of gangster cats smuggling contraband sushi around the 'city' you create in your tableau. Here's my review for @avclub.com: www.avclub.com/neko-syndica...

I'd love to see the Padres, Giants, and Dodgers do the same to honor their WCNBA teams. I *think* the Steelheads went 12-13 (tied for second place) in the WCNBA's only season. But I might be missing a game, as I'm still trying to confirm that a couple of advertised games were not actually played.

Yay! Finally ordered a stamp! (this one, actually)

Just finished this excellent book. It’s about events that occurred a century ago, but the parallels to what’s happening in our country currently are striking. Who will be our Madge Oberholtzer?

CEO of Brookfield Renewable Partners says there is “no slowdown” in the deployment of solar and battery storage in the US. "We are seeing an acceleration. And this is driven by solar...it is quick to deploy, it’s cheap, it’s the lowest cost form of production." 🔌💡 reneweconomy.com.au/battery-pric...

Czech out these sick bookmarks from @michaelclair.bsky.social to commemorate his forthcoming book on Czech baseball. Do yourself a favor and order this book. Mike’s passion comes through in everything he does. Can’t wait to get my hands on this.

If you missed our SABR Oral History interview last week with Hall of Famer Greg Maddux(!), the recording is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8su... and sabr.org/interview/gr...

55 years ago today, Satchel Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A few years ago I wrote about the path he took — we all took, honestly — to this glorious day. sabr.org/journal/arti...

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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Part seven of my pictorial retrospective of baseball; this installment is devoted to the 1840s. Pretty good, I think. ourgame.mlblogs.com/a-pictorial-...

they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American

Here's a sleuthing photo not involving a #Cubs player! #MLB www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...

It always feels weird to do self-promotion when everything is what it is, but I have this long-running podcast that comments on all of this through the microcosm of baseball. I should stop keeping it a secret. It's called the Infinite Inning and you can find it most everywhere podcasts live.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

It’s very sweet and cute that he not only planed to have lil kids there and then rolls so well with the lil kids being lil kids but I have to know whose idea the lil podium was

Hank would’ve turned 92 today. In his honor, the Society for American Baseball Research has a new book out today! It includes a chapter by yours truly. sabr.org/latest/sabr-...

It really is astounding how many rich and powerful people over the last two decades seemingly had the conscious thought, "Well, I just MUST be close friends with this noted, convicted sex trafficker and pedophile." Not a thought normal people have! But man, these folks really WENT FOR IT.

Good piece by @vorosmccracken.bsky.social on Sprint Speed and Bolts here open.substack.com/pub/vorosmcc...

The great @johnthorn.bsky.social, ladies and gentlemen.

The notion that the automotive industry's future is determined by US automakers is a very old-fashioned (and frankly provincial) concept, one that belongs in the 1960s and 1970s rather than the 2020s and 2030s. Instead, they're playing catch-up now. www.techi.com/ford-geely-e...

I'm a bit over my skis here, but: I got really interested in batted ball spin. pebblehunting.substack.com/p/baseball-i...

I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc