One of Those Weird Albert Pujols Nights

I arrived at Busch Stadium on the evening of May 31, 2011, a nervous and sweaty mess. That morning I… Read more One of Those Weird Albert Pujols Nights

A Lifelong Love Affair With Ballparks

The t-shirt said Fenway Park, and it showed the view from home plate: The Green Monster, the triangle in right… Read more A Lifelong Love Affair With Ballparks

I’ve visited dozens of ballparks in my life. I’ve written about all the current ones in my new book, Baseball… Read more T-Mobile Park

On the morning of Sunday, August 22, 1993, my dad drove my brothers and I up to the Bronx. It was my first and only game at the old Yankee Stadium.

In honor of the “Sensitive Bus,” an item used by Phillies pitching coach Rick Kranitz to remind his pitchers that… Read more The Phillies have wronged me and others with the ‘Sensitive Bus’

Tim Lincecum’s velocity readings are one tell. In 2007 and 2008, when Lincecum was fresh-faced, gawky and his most freakish,… Read more An opportunity emerges for a new Tim Lincecum

Welcome to Malcolm On Base, a daily rundown of baseball as I see it. You’ll get (flowery) essays, (mediocre) statistical… Read more Malcolm On Base: Here’s a new idea for bullpens, plus Andrew Bailey retires, and more from my OOTP 1984 sim

Welcome to Malcolm On Base, a daily rundown of baseball as I see it. You’ll get (flowery) essays, (mediocre) statistical… Read more Malcolm On Base: Ohtani’s first game, Revere to the Reds, Kelly and the Quad-A type

Welcome to Malcolm On Base, a daily rundown of baseball as I see it. You’ll get (flowery) essays, (mediocre) statistical… Read more Malcolm On Base: Spring training proposal, ode to Hot Springs

Welcome to Malcolm On Base, a daily rundown of baseball as I see it. You’ll get (flowery) essays, (mediocre) statistical… Read more Malcolm On Base: Bad changes to baseball, a nod to Jabari Blash, love for the Clemente Bridge