In fantasy baseball, I like to be aggressive on the wire and make frequent transactions throughout the season. However, in one of my keeper leagues this year, I was faced with a tough decision: Should I spend all of my FAAB on Bobby Witt Jr? For context, it is a…

I am in 5 fantasy baseball leagues in 2022: an ESPN points league and 4 Yahoo leagues (a blend of roto and H2H). All but 1 of these leagues are keeper leagues, ranging from 5–15 keepers. During draft season, I noticed a pattern of players I was targeting, and during…

Glass half empty: It’s February and MLB is still locked out. Spring training and the start of the season look imperiled. In most of the country, winter still ensnares us in its icy grip. Glass half full: Days are getting longer. January is over. No matter the lockout status, there…

In our digital age of endless screens, cardboard baseball cards seem quaint and nostalgic, a relic of the past. Yet, their popularity is exploding. Here are a couple potential reasons: (1) Baseball cards offer us something concrete and tangible in our increasingly digital world. (2) Baseball cards offer us a…

How to memorize any day of the week in the upcoming year — Think about all of the everyday routines we have outsourced to our phones and computers: phone numbers, map directions, physical activity tracking, calendars, etc. This can be very handy and helpful, but also keep in mind the memorization power we may be losing in the process. …

Baseball in the Corn — “God what an outfield,’ he says. ‘What a left field.’ He looks up at me, and I look down at him. ‘This must be heaven,’ he says. No. It’s Iowa,’ I reply automatically. But then I feel the night rubbing softly against my face like cherry blossoms; look at the…

Are baseball cards back? — When I was growing up, I collected baseball cards, as many kids did in the ’80s and ’90s. I remember Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Upper Deck, and Donruss. I remember reading Beckett magazine and looking up card prices. I remember collecting baseball cards of my favorite player, Andy Van Slyke, and…

A sci-fi, world building epic — I was an English major and have been a high school English teacher for 15+ years, but until the past couple years, I hadn’t really read too many graphic novels. They weren’t really assigned to me much in school, and they just weren’t something I encountered a lot either as…