The Cleveland Misdemeanors
Cleveland’s continued use of the racially charged Chief Wahoo puts them in violation of both good taste and local law. It’s time the team joined us in the present.
Keith Good
Hardball Theatre: Cuban Exports
Keith Good’s weekly One-Act, an SNL-meets-MLB look at the week in baseball. This week, President Obama brings home souvenirs from his trip to Cuba.
Read moreHardball Theatre: Sox of Future Past
A play in one act by resident playwright, regular Cleveland fan, and all-around artist, Keith Good. Today’s themes include parenthood, tough choices, and leaving countless millions on the table to make a point.
Read moreMake Baseball Great Again
In her most recent Bases Bloated, Elisabeth Galina eviscerates the human-blob-of-tanning-lotion that is Donald Trump, comparing him, rather aptly, to head lice.
Read moreHardball Theatre: Billy Beane Buys a Sandwich
A Play in One Act by Keith Good. (Lights up; the scene is frozen. A Baker stands in an apron and toq behind a “Sandwich” counter in the O-Co Coliseum. Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane is standing before the counter.
Read moreLeonardo DiCaprio and the Cubs
Rejoice Chicago Cubs fans! Leonardo DiCaprio finally earned his Oscar. After years of heartbreaking failure, of watching his best work eclipsed by fluke performances, 2016 belongs to DiCaprio.
Read moreKen Griffey, Jr. is Not a 1st Ballot Hall of Famer
Hello, I am Baseball Writers Association of America member John Doe and I voted to omit Ken Griffey Jr. from the Baseball Hall of Fame. Though you undoubtedly disagree, I will convince you that you would have done the same.
Read moreThe G.O.A.T. and the Goat
Advertisements Peter Edward Rose belongs in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Peter Edward Rose doesn’t deserve to be in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Both statements are true. A baseball “Hall of Fame” without one of baseball’s greatest is a quaint exhibition. It’s a roadside burp from I-90, kin to the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota or
Read moreTalking Base-Ball: The 1866 World Series
Decades before the Yankees and Cardinals tried to trademark the term “baseball dynasty,” there was the Brooklyn Atlantics. They won the first officially recognized American baseball championship in 1859, as the Civil War raged.
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