Trevor Bauer and the Missing Stairs of Baseball
There’s this metaphor called the Missing Stair – the idea that there’s a person who is known to be a problem – someone that could…
Category: Equality in Baseball
Tommy and Tommy: Baseball and the Deaths of Two Lasordas
Tommy Lasorda has done a lot of good for Dodger baseball, that’s undeniable. But as the tributes come in, as players describe him as their…
Women Belong at Home (and First and Second and Third)
Women are everywhere in Major League Baseball. For over a century, women have been owners or partial owners of both minor and major league teams. …
Minorities Provide The Flavor
42. Great number, great movie. A great player, Jackie Robinson, wore that number with the Dodgers and it is now retired by all teams in…
The New (Un)Official Rules of Baseball
Women are in baseball. They play it, coach it, report on it, umpire it, own teams, and build stadiums. The have for a while now.…
The Dodger Who Invented the High Five
After yesterday’s media ban in the locker rooms and the warnings about person-to-person contact handed down to the players and coaches, let’s take a look…