Do Managers Even Matter Anymore?: An Interview with Scott Miller

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Do Managers Even Matter Anymore?: An Interview with Scott Miller

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Do Managers Even Matter Anymore?: An Interview with Scott Miller

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Bringing Back Scorekeeping in Style

Fredrick Douglass, the boll weevil, and hip hop

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Fredrick Douglass, the boll weevil, and hip hop

Typewriters and Tweets: Bill Madden on beat writing and the 70s Yankees

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Typewriters and Tweets: Bill Madden on beat writing and the 70s Yankees

What does it mean to be paid to play a game?

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What does it mean to be paid to play a game?

Field Work author Andrew Forbes on baseball, labor, and how we think about the two

A sneak peek into the new baseball/vampire comic and a chat with the minds behind it

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A sneak peek into the new baseball/vampire comic and a chat with the minds behind it

Vampires at bat

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Painting Baseball History

How artist Graig Kreindler paints baseball history

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When was the first Opening Day?

The history of baseball’s beloved Opening Day

A love letter to springtrainingconnection.com

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A love letter to springtrainingconnection.com

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