The Baseball Listicle Lineup for September 18-October 2, 2023

Issue #124

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 September 18 - October 2, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• 5 Baseball Cards that Don't Need the Internet, by 10/1/2023

• “When Ted Williams, 39, Battled Pete Runnels For 1958 American League Hitting Crown” by Andrew Sharpe and “‘Bill James Handbook’ Says Goodbye With Farewell Walk-off Edition” by Dan Schlossberg at 9/30/2023

• Era’s best righty relievers, by G. Scott Thomas at 9/28/2023

• Brooksie, by at 9/26/2023

• 5 (or, like, 14) Future Stars Who Haunt My Past, by 9/24/2023

• “Acuña Trumps Mookie In Race for 2023 NL MVP” and “Handful of Changes Likely Among Managers” by Dan Schlossberg at 9/23/2023

• Era’s best lefty relievers, by G. Scott Thomas at 9/21/2023

• Starting Pitchers Who were Traded, by 9/21/2023

• A Tribute To Sportswriter And Author Joe Posnanski, by Dan Freedman, at 9/21/2023

• Who Really Deserves to Win the Cy Young Award?, by at 9/20/2023

• Waino, by at 9/19/2023

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

• Our expert picks for each MLB Wild Card Series, by Dylan Svoboda,10/2/2023

• All 12 postseason lineups and pitching staffs, ranked, by Anthony Castrovince, 10/2/2023

• Every postseason team's case for winning the '23 World Series, by MLB.com writers, 10/2/2023

• Braves tie mark for team homers, finish with record .501 SLG, by Mark Bowman, 10/1/2023

• The most essential player for every postseason team, by MLB.com writers, 10/1/2023

• Every postseason team's Achilles heel, by MLB.com writers, 10/1/2023

• Which postseason teams dominate the running game? by Theo DeRosa, 9/30/2023

• 12 amazing Miggy stats and facts, by Sarah Langs, 9/29/2023

• Appreciating 4 all-time legends as they play their (potential) final games, by Will Leitch, 9/29/2023

• Stats of the week: Judge, Elly, Soto make HR history, by Sarah Langs, 9/29/2023

• 12 lessons from the first season under new rules, by Anthony Castrovince, 9/28/2023

• 10 of Mike Veeck's zaniest promotions, by Benjamin Hill, 9/25/2023

• Here are the 10 most bonkers stats of 2023, by Anthony Castrovince, 9/25/2023

• 13 rookies ready for the October spotlight, by David Adler, 9/23/2023

• Will one of these teams win its first World Series this fall? by Will Leitch, 9/21/2023

• 10 big offseason additions who have been crucial for contenders, by Thomas Harrigan, 9/19/2023

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.