Serie Nacional
Nothing can match Cuban post-season baseball fever.
Baseball
The Hidden Queer History Behind “A League of Their Own”
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did everything it could to keep lesbians off the diamond. Seventy-five years later, its gay stars are finally opening up.
The 9 Minutes that Almost Changed America
How the Congressional baseball shooting didn’t become the deadliest political assassination in American history.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Having a Catch With Dad Is Much Harder Than Field of Dreams Makes It Out To Be"
Baseball and complicated father/son relationships.
The Silent Season of a Hero
The complicated post-retirement life of Joe DiMaggio.
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
A profile of a previously unknown rookie pitcher for the Mets who dropped out of Harvard, made a spiritual quest to Tibet, and somewhere along the line figured out how to throw a baseball much, much faster than anyone else on Earth.
When Winter Never Ends
The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
When There Is No tomorrow
Inside the Cleveland Indians clubhouse during their 22 game win streak.
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu
On the retirement of Ted Williams.
The Seeker
The complicated life and death of Hideki Irabu, a pitcher who was supposed to become a Yankee legend and found heartache instead.
'It's Amazing I Haven't Ruined Myself'
Once a Red Sox hero, Curt Schilling’s loud climb towards right-wing media fame may have cost him a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He doesn’t care.
The Horrors of Getting Hit by a Pitch
What it feels like to get hit by a major league fastball.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Wade Boggs"
A father and son bond over baseball and deceptions.
What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?
Ted Williams grows old.
The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man
Maurice Lerner missed his shot at the majors and landed in the Rhode Island mafia.
The Mastermind
A profile of Theo Epstein, the architect behind the Chicago Cubs.
Notes On the Narrative Conundrum of Baseball Fandom
Myth, storytelling, and lore in the most disappointing clubhouses of America’s pastime.
Farewell, Champions of Havana
The last vestiges of a sporting powerhouse.
The Art of Letting Go
In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.
From Cuba With Heat
On the journey of 24-year-old Jose Fernandez, the Cuban defector turned Major League all-star, who died Sunday.
The Education of Alex Rodriguez
A beaten man tries to come back from purgatory.
The Kid's in the Hall
A profile of Ken Griffey, Jr., six years after he last played a baseball game.
The House That Thurman Munson Built
The life, death, and ghost of a catcher.
The Rise and Fall of Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro was a surefire Hall of Famer before a positive steroids test derailed everything. He retired a few months later, quietly sent home early by the team that had been planning to celebrate him. Next came depression and a $53 million business deal gone bust.
The Frauds of Memory, the Limits of Penitence. And Baseball.
On God, childhood, and baseball.
