When the Dodgers Moved to Los Angeles
by John WilsonIf the Shohei Ohtani story has piqued an interest in baseball, then read some of the best novels about the sport. Continue Reading »
If the Shohei Ohtani story has piqued an interest in baseball, then read some of the best novels about the sport. Continue Reading »
If muscles and speed is how your community says you ought to flourish, the frail among us will be absorbed into a spectating mass useful only as an audience for a mighty few. Continue Reading »
Moral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
From Curry there’s no malice, no taunting, no improper pride. His laughs and gestures and shimmies spring from delighted surprise at his own excellence. He’s the Aristotelian Principle incarnate. Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Sewell’s classic study of Lewis Carroll, “The Field of Nonsense,” sheds light on the allure of baseball. Continue Reading »
The loss of modesty seems to have fueled nothing but the further sexualization and objectification of the female body. Continue Reading »
Bill Freehan, who died last August, was a Catholic gentleman and a great ballplayer. Continue Reading »
The answer to both concerns is to grasp the truth of sports by recognizing there are forms of play than which nothing can be more serious. Continue Reading »
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) vetoed a bill that would ban biological men from participating in girls’ sports in her state. Continue Reading »
An early form of baseball was well-established in England by the mid-eighteenth century. Continue Reading »