"If WAR stood for Words Above Replacement, well, PhamGraphs would be the authority." perfect blog

sorry wait wWHAT they're corduroy? For (finals in) Miami??

in honor of this, I am reissuing my take from last WBC: the teams should have names. Team Great Britain? Nah. The Great Britain Bangers (or something). Please submit suggestions

Returning to Brooklyn with rival hand-me-downs. Let this be a notice to the other NL East teams, gotta act fast if you want to make a play for my son’s loyalties

My 89-year-old grandmother, a rabid Mets fans whom we called “deGram” during the time when that made sense, just declared that she is reverting to her childhood dodgers fandom. “I hope [the Mets] lose every game this year.” There you have it.

Find someone to write a newsletter with who makes you feel this un humble. It was the year of many things—including getting a job that requires me to step back from it—but first it was the year of writing The Bandwagon with @zcrizer.bsky.social. Some of our faves open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

This is my favorite thing I wrote all year. My first story in the New York Times. But it was already my favorite before it ever published, for a couple reasons and if you’ll indulge me… www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/s...

my worst take is that I don't think it's unreasonable to send emails/expect emails this week (or last week! when the decrying of such things had already started). If you're OOO that's fine! just like it would be any other week, but if you're not (yet) it's ok to want work hours to be productive!

everyone loves old athletes these days so I talked to one of the, er, least young, Jamie Moyer, about pitching until he was 49 www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/s...

1. Check 2. Check 3. Eh, oops 4. Check 😎

getting worried I enjoy bandwagon without me even more than I enjoyed bandwagon with me...

I know that family income plays a huge role in youth sports participation but talk to me about whether we're surprised to see Vermont, South Dakota, New Hampshire as the top youth sports states.

Read the intro of this piece out loud to Jake because I loved it that much

re: Philip Rivers and Lindsey Vonn I want to hear from 40-year-olds who are inspired to do sports, 40-year-olds who absolutely cannot imagine doing sports. And/or whether you feel young again now that there are successful professional athletes are older than you.

For CNN I'm looking to talk to young men (feel free to interpret "young" broadly) who are actively sports betting sober—as in, you made a conscious decision to abstain for your wellbeing or you quit gambling—but are still sports fans. If that's you: Hannah[dot]keyser[at]cnn[dot]com

Baby’s first CNN byline: a little more behind the scenes on the story of Blake Butera, who became the Nationals new manager and a first-time dad on the same day. www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/s...

Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:

Today is my first day as a sports writer at @cnn.com. I'll be covering all sports, not just baseball (but also baseball, see you back at the ballpark come spring!) and I want to dig in especially on the weird, the niche, the nontraditional, and youth sports. So get at me with stories in that realm.

A bit of news about The Bandwagon and myself. Plus a great pic from Zach’s wedding. open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

The World Series is over. @zcrizer.bsky.social and I wrote about it at The Bandwagon. First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...

For @theguardian.com: If this is what a broken sport feels like, don’t fix it. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

would not have thought anything about Yamamoto would make me say this but: relatable

if i send you this, the baseball is good but i had a blue jays story mostly written

Dodgers look like a team full of 9 hitters (derogatory) Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)

Max should do the noble and correct thing and take a swing at someone just to get ejected and save his manager from himself

why are these interviews not happening between innings?? i'm apoplectic

not an athlete because i would NOT be jogging here

when you're amped the fuck up... but also just like, bone tired and ~4 hours away from sleeping soooo hard

pst: if it's a walk, you don't have to hurry

oh he's a leader

watching the World Series, Game 6, with my mom, a mets fan: "The mets aren't going to be any better in 2026."

dispatch from the suburbs: multiple groups of children dressed as Savanah Bananas players (also one Rockford Peach)

is this guy in costume? as what?

watching this game with my parents. my mom has declared her willingness to be a scorekeeper if we're really in that desperate of need...

i say this without snark and certainly with some not small amount of hypocrisy: feels like a lot of postseason analysis is 'whichever team won most recently is going to win the series'

good disappearing hat trick

Going live now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Having slept for almost as long as we watched the baseball, @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social and I will go live at 9am ET to talk World Series Game 3. Join us! bandwagon.substack.com

broadcast keeps speculating if this is Max Scherzer's last start and, based on everything we know about the guy, I just don't see him hanging it up after pitching effectively in the postseason just because, what, he's like, personally satisfied? is THAT the vibe you get from max?

I've been studying these things and I just want you to know that if you blow raspberries on a baseball diamond there's at least a 90% chance that it'll get played in slow motion on the broadcast. can google AI track *that*??

Blue Jays should let Addison Barger pitch.

you don't even see him catch the ball on this replay and there's still so much time (relatively speaking!!) before Freddie enters the shot

Through the first two games of the World Series, the Blue Jays and Dodgers are tied and, conveniently, each win showcased the victorious team doing well something that they do best. A free weekend bandwagon to recap the series so far open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

Through the first two games of the World Series, the Blue Jays and Dodgers are tied and, conveniently, each win showcased the victorious team doing well something that they do best. A free weekend bandwagon to recap the series so far open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

The World Series starts tonight. If you're a Dodgers or Blue Jays fan, you know who to root for. Everyone else, @zcrizer.bsky.social and I have you covered bandwagon.substack.com/p/87-a-roote...

World Series time! @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social and I provide a rooting guide to Dodgers-Blue Jays in The Bandwagon. bandwagon.substack.com/p/87-a-roote...

so men are not a monolith, or wait no they are?

Bandwagon went live after ALCS Game 7 to react and to ask for WS preview prompts. We want to format it like: "What to root for if__" and the blank is whatever your situation is—fan of X team, fan of a particular style of play, hater who ended up here anyway. Tell us, we'll tell you how to root.