The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2022

Issue #43

Latest edition of this weekly 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 Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2022, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• The No-BS World Series Preview, by Joe Posnanski, at Joe Blogs, 10/28/2022

• A Destiny Fulfilled, by Molly Knight, at The Long Game, 10/24/2022

• The Upstanding Gentleman Dick Allen, by David Kropp, at Here’s the Pitch: The IBWAA Newsletter, 10/24/2022

• 5 World Series I Wish I’d Seen, by Wax Pack Gods, 10/23/2022

• The Yankees, Bryce Harper, and What Might Have Been, by Joe Posnanski, at Joe Blogs, 10/23/2022

• Birthday Boy: Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx, by W.H. Johnson, at Here’s the Pitch: The IBWAA Newsletter, 10/22/2022

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

• How many HOFers will we see in this World Series?, by Anthony Castrovince, 10/28/2022

• The best lineup of players who suited up for both Astros, Phils, by Michael Clair, 10/28/2022

• Experts Pick World Series Winner, MVP, and More, by MLB.com, 10/27/2022

• Key Storylines for Astros-Phillies World Series, by Manny Randhawa, 10/27/2022

• The Best Players in the World Series, Ranked from 1-30, by Will Leitch and Mike Petriello, 10/27/2022

• 5 Things We’ve Learned From a Wild ‘22 Postseason, by Anthony Castrovince, 10/27/2022

• Here are Five Possible Landing Spots for Judge, by Mark Feinsand, 10/23/2022

• Players with best postseason performances, by Matt Kelly and Manny Randhawa, 10/23/2022

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