The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Dec 25 - January 8, 2023

Issue #57

Latest edition of this regular feature here at Now Taking the Field—a roundup of my favorite recent baseball articles. Somewhat similar to my own writing topics, I tend to like “listicles” the best—articles that are either written in list form or that make heavy use of lists and charts of data, players, rankings, etc. I’ll of course include other favorite baseball articles in these weekly round-ups, but you’ll find most will be of that type. I’ll especially be focusing on articles by other Substack baseball authors, and articles directly from MLB.com itself, but I sometimes do read articles from other sources too.

Here are my favorite articles for the week Dec 25, 2022 - January 8, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• Hall of Fame Could Find Room For More Managers in Class of 2024, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 1/6/2022

• Baseball’s Most Underrated Players Ever, by Joe Posnanski, 1/5/2023

• A Baseball Blindspot: Where Are the Women Umpires?, by Bill Pruden, at Here’s the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 1/4/2023

• Hall of Fame Season Rolls On, by Joe Posnanski, 1/4/2023

• Enduring the tough times, by G. Scott Thomas, 1/3/2023

• Great #1 Cards to Celebrate the New Year, by Wax Pack Gods, 1/1/2023

• Yet Another Endorsement Of Andruw Jones For The Cooperstown Gallery, by Jeff Kallman, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 12/30/2022

• What Does the Hall of Fame Want?, by Joe Posnanski, 12/27/2022

• Christmas Cards for Christmas Morning!, by Wax Pack Gods, 12/25/2022

Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:

• One extension candidate for every team, by Will Leitch, 1/7/2023

• 12 players whose health will be key in '23, by Henry Palattella, 1/7/2023

• So close: These 11 just missed milestones, by Andrew Simon, 1/7/2023

• The best (and worst) baseball commercials, by Michael Clair, 1/6/2023

• These MLB records might be unbreakable, by Matt Kelly, 1/6/2023

• 7 teams with work to do before Opening Day, by Paul Casella, 1/6/2023

• Here's the 2023 All-Trade Rumor Team (with 1 BIG name), by Mark Feinsand, 1/5/2023

• No more shift could mean quite a few more hits for these batters, by Mike Petriello, 1/4/2023

• 8 prospect-related predictions for '23, by Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis, 1/4/2023

• Who will be each club's best player in 2023?, by Will Leitch, 1/4/2023

• Here are the first Power Rankings of 2023, by Alyson Footer, 1/1/2023

• A lineup of the most underrated HOFers, by Anthony Castrovince, 1/1/2023

• The weirdest baseball uniforms ever worn, by Michael Clair, 1/1/2023

• Here are 7 early predictions for 2023, by Anthony Castrovince, 1/1/2023

• Incredible 2022 stats -- 1 for each team, by Sarah Lanks, 12/31/2022

• Remembering baseball greats lost in 2022, by Will Leitch, 12/31/2022

• Prospect debuts we're excited to see in 2023, by Jonathan Mayo, Sam Dykstra, Jim Callis, 12/30/2022

• Every team’s most surprising record holder, by Anthony Castrovince, 12/30/2022

• Best players to only play for one team, by Sarah Langs, 12/28/2022

• The 10 strangest trades in MLB history, by Anthony Castrovince, 12/28/2022

• The top milestones we saw in 2022, by Sarah Langs, 12/28/2022

• Predicting the major award winners for 2023, by Anthony Castrovince, 12/28/2022

• Which birth year produced the most WAR?, by Sarah Langs, 12/27/2022

• Best baseball player born in every year, by MLB.com writers, 12/27/2022

• One player from each team poised to break out in '23, by MLB.com writers, 12/26/2022

• Top pop culture moments for all 30 teams, by Will Leitch, 12/26/2022

• The 10 best bloopers from 2022, by Michael Clair, 12/26/2022

And finally, if you are interested in daily, yet quick-read, baseball-related email newsletters, you can’t go wrong with these three:

• Baseball Reference Newsletter - recaps of yesterday's top performers, a look ahead at today's games, unique milestones and Stathead spotlights, and "On This Day" and "Born This Day" lists.

• MLB Morning Lineup - links to the latest articles, videos, and more from MLB

• Horsehide Trivia - a challenging baseball trivia question each day, from D. Bruce Brown