At The Athletic I did a ranking of the Modern Era ballot players before it came out. I didn’t get much right. The Browns were thoroughly outplayed by t…

On Sunday, the Modern Era Baseball Committee voted union leader Marvin Miller and eight-time All-Star catcher Ted Simmons into the Hall of Fame. Before…

The Modern Era Votes are tallied! And your new Hall of Famers are: Ted Simmons Marvin Miller That’s it. There were 16 voters, which means a nomi…

Hi everybody. In this week’s newsletter, we’re talking the new Scorsese movie and a little Superman, but let’s start with some updates. At The Athletic…

So, the other day, I figured out how to get into my archives. Just about all of the things I wrote on this blog from 2007 to 2012 have been wiped off t…

Hi everybody and happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to our weekly newsletter. I’ve got a long rant about the minor leagues in this week’s newsletter so let me…

Hi everybody. Here is my first weekly newsletter! I’m wide open to ideas and suggestions about improving it. I’ll put up a thread tomorrow so you can a…

Twenty years ago today, Buck O’Neil told me some of the secrets of life. It was Prince’s party year, 1999, and Buck was turning 88 years old, and all t…

Hi everybody, So, you might know, I’ve been pretty absent the last few weeks while out promoting my new book The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini. B…

The strangest thing happened the other day. It feels like a half-remembered dream. We were sitting on the couch together, Elizabeth and I, and there wa…

The Athletic I have written repeatedly for 20 years now that Marvin Miller belongs in the Hall of Fame. I have written repeatedly for 20 years now that…

The Athletic I had a great conversation with Mike Matheny once. We talked about baseball and kids. I liked that guy. A few hours, I watched him in a pr…