Stories
Essays from the archive — written by people, checked against the data. No feeds, no automation, no filler; a new one when there’s something worth saying.
From the Lab
When a Team Stops Being Itself
I taught a model everything a well-read fan knows about 124 years of baseball, then asked what it still couldn't explain. It came back holding the Ruth sale, the Boys of Summer, and Baker Bowl.
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Trends
The Three True Outcomes
How baseball quietly stopped putting the ball in play — the strikeout explosion, the death of the bunt, and the bullpen takeover.
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Trends
How Long Is a Baseball Game?
A century of creeping game times, and the pitch clock that erased twenty-five minutes in a single winter.
By Jude Wilson→
In the works: the death of the complete game, the decline of home-field advantage, and the longest games ever played.