Tag: Baseball

We All Need Mario Baseball for the Nintendo Switch

On June 21 of this year, Nintendo hosted one of their “Direct” sessions, which is basically a recurring, triannual “Hall H” event for the company to announce updates to existing games and developments for new games. Among the news at the most recent Nintendo Direct were new&n...

Reflections on Euro Baseball (and Softball)

It is July and the MLB All-Star Game is today, marking the half-way point in the near meaningless slog of six months of professional baseball before it begins mattering for a couple games in October. And hey, win or lose, just wait four months, and then try it all over again. I played organized (and...

The baseball model of the Supreme Court

At first, this looks like a pretty formidable lineup. But wait — I have three third basemen and two right fielders, but no shortstop, catcher, or second baseman! Maybe I could get, say, Machado to play short in a pinch, but I don’t want to settle — I want to find the best&nbsp...

World Baseball Classic 2023 – Whom are you rooting for?

The “million-dollar question” that many multiracial individuals encounter. That is the question that I repeatedly heard (and answered over and over) when it was announced that Puerto Rico would play against Mexico in the WBC 2023. As I traveled to Miami last weekend, I packed las p...

Why Baseball Caps Are the Unraveling of Society (A Slightly Satirical Look)

While the humble baseball cap might seem like a harmless piece of headwear, lurking beneath that stiff brim lies a silent threat — the erosion of civility itself! Don’t believe me? Let’s dissect this seemingly innocent hat and expose its nefarious agenda. Firstly, the very desig...