Now Taking the Field

A baseball newsletter featuring The Baseball Buffet, your daily dose of baseball goodness including brief game highlights, key transactions, historical events and birthdays, previews of upcoming games and players to watch, and more!

Baseball Buffet

Aug 28, 2026

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11 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/28/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included a short slate of only seven games, but one was a pitcher's duel between two top teams that featured a rare complete game shutout. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone

Baseball Buffet

Aug 27, 2026

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20 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/27/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included a comeback win in the ninth from a 9-3 deficit; the MLB HR leader hits his 40th of the season; a rookie hits a HR for the fifth game in a row; and an unlikely pinch-hit walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone

Baseball Buffet

Aug 26, 2026

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21 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/26/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included an 11th-inning grand slam; a walk-off run in the 10th-inning from a throwing error with the bases loaded; a two-out walk-off 2-run HR; a team comes back from a 5-0 deficit to win it in the 10th; and a Statcast power vs. power duel in the ninth inning. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone

Baseball Buffet

Aug 25, 2026

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17 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/25/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included a 12-inning game using 14 pitchers; two double-digit blowouts; and a star from last year hit three HRs to end a nine-game winning streak. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone

Baseball Buffet

Aug 24, 2026

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21 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/24/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included an epic six-run, bottom-of-the-ninth comeback extending a winning streak to nine games; another team also coming back from a six-run deficit; a walk-off HR in the bottom of the ninth; and a team wins 19-2 including two grand slams on the road. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone

Baseball Buffet

Aug 23, 2026

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22 min read

The Baseball Buffet for 8/23/2026

Now Taking the Field's daily buffet of baseball goodness! Yesterday's action included a no-hitter into the seventh; another team with three pitchers combining for a 1-hit shutout; a winning streak extended to eight games; two pinch-hitters come up big in a comeback win; a major pitching prospect makes his MLB debut; a player hits a leadoff HR and a walk-off HR; a 3-run comeback rally in the ninth; a comeback from a 5-1 deficit; and a player hits for the cycle in a slugfest. What's on deck for today?

Tom Stone