The Baseball Listicle Lineup for August 29-September 17, 2023

Issue #121

Latest edition of this regular feature here at Now Taking the Field—a roundup of my favorite recent baseball articles, many though not all in the form of “listicles”—articles framed around a list of some sort or other. I continue to focus this for now on articles by other Substack baseball authors, and articles directly from MLB.com itself.

Here are my favorite articles for the weeks August 29 - September 17, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• 5 Baseball Cards that Never Showed Up, by 9/17/2023

• Five More Braves Who Belong in the Hall of Fame, by Dan Schlossberg at 9/16/2023

• Era’s best righty starters, by 9/14/2023

• A Short History Of The First-At-Bat Home Run, by Russ Walsh at 9/13/2023

• Cliché Alert: You Can Never Have Enough Pitching, by 9/11/2023

• 5 Timeless Baseball Cards of September Heroes, by 9/10/2023

• Era’s best lefty starters, by 9/7/2023

• Who Are Baseball's Core Hall of Famers?, by at 9/7/2023

• The All-Big Team, by at 9/6/2023

• Even For Little Leaguers, A Walk Isn’t As Good As A Hit, by Mark Kolier at 9/6/2023

• Five Underrated Pitchers in My Lifetime, by at 9/5/2023

• 5 Baseball Cards to Help You Chill on Labor Day, by 9/3/2023

• Bryan and Bryce, by at 9/1/2023

• Era’s best designated hitters, by 8/31/2023

• Introducing: The Willie Stargell Award, by at 8/29/2023

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

• They got outscored -- but got to October, by Andrew Simon, 9/17/2023

• These teams are on historic playoff streaks, by Cole Jacobson, 9/17/2023

• These 10 players are running wild in 2023, by David Adler, 9/17/2023

• 10 ways to view a complicated NL Cy Young race, by Mike Petriello, 9/16/2023

• Olson sets Braves' single-season record with 52nd homer, Paige Leckie, 9/16/2023

• 1 player from every contender we can’t wait to watch this October, by Will Leitch, 9/16/2023

• One player from each team who took a big step forward in '23, by MLB writers, 9/14/2023

• Birthday homers, Statcast standouts among 10 wild stats from the week, by Sarah Langs, 9/14/2023

• How early division clinchers have fared, by David Adler and Manny Randhawa, 9/13/2023

• Never-before-seen stolen base feat is within reach, by Henry Palattella, 9/13/2023

• Here's the all-breakout prospect team, by Jim Callis, 9/12/2023

• For these 7 hurlers, the moment is truly upon them, by Brian Murphy, 9/9/2023

• 7 unlikely players contributing for playoff contenders, by Thomas Harrigan, 9/9/2023

• The best players who haven’t won a World Series -- yet, by Will Leitch, 9/9/2023

• Inbox: Contenders for '24 Rookies of the Year, by Jim Callis, 9/8/2023

• 9 upcoming free agents who need to finish '23 strong, by Thomas Harrigan, 9/7/2023

• 1 player on each team with something to prove the rest of the season, by MLB writers, 9/7/2023

• Ripken's record safe, but these stars would fill an Iron Man Team, by Andrew Simon, 9/6/2023

• Which teams fared best at Trade Deadline?, by Mark Feinsand, 9/4/2023

• Is final month a last hurrah for these decorated vets?, by Brent Maguire, 9/2/2023

• From 20 to 43, the best player at each age, by Will Leitch, 9/2/2023

• 9 bold predictions for the season's final month, by Anthony Castrovince, 9/1/2023

• These new-look Statcast player pages are art, by David Adler, 9/1/2023

• Stats of the week: Verdugo sets tone, Elly's arm, 20-20 for Volpe and more, by Sarah Langs, 9/1/2023

• One month later, these look like best Deadline deals, by Brian Murphy, 9/1/2023

• Here is the August All-Star team, by Will Leitch, 9/1/2023

• 9 prospects who could help teams down the stretch, by Joe Trezza, 8/31/2023

• A milestone to watch for from each club down the stretch, by MLB writers, 8/31/2023

Did you know? I wrote a book with the same title as this Substack newsletter / blog: Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises. It was published in early 2019, by ACTA Sports, the publisher of the annual Bill James Handbook and other popular titles. You can learn more about it at www.NowTakingTheField.com, or buy directly at Amazon and other booksellers.