Sports

Nonfiction

Baseball Tranquility

Baseball is a contradictory game. It inspires fervent devotion in some and a shockingly potent vitriol in others. As I began immersing myself in the game, many people asked why? Why follow such an old, slow, boring sport? Perception makes all the difference.

Sports

A Deep Dive into HBPIP

How do you measure a pitcher’s impact on the game of baseball? There’s a million different stats, basic and advanced, that attempt to capture the complexities of pitching. But one of the most nuanced yet primal facets of the game remains relatively simple to calculate: the bean ball.