The Baseball Listicle Lineup for June 17-30, 2023

Issue #104

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 weeks June 17-30, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• Friday Rewind: A Royal Dilemma, by Joe Posnanski at 6/30/2023

• That Less-Than-Perfect Feeling, by Joe Posnanski at 6/29/2023

• What about the White Sox?, by G. Scott Thomas at 6/282023

• 2023 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Primer, by Matthew Veasey, at 6/28/2023

• What's Wrong with Corbin Burnes?, by Ben Hatch at 6/27/2023

• 5 Slugging Baseball Cards that Still Stir the Summer Breeze, by 6/25/2023

• Angels Break Franchise Single-Game Scoring Record, Hang 25 Runs on the Lowly Rockies, by Molly Knight at 6/25/2023

• Man of Honor: David Freese Freezes His Election to St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame, by Dan Schlossberg, at 6/24/2023

• Friday Rewind: The Luis Arráez Watch is On!, by Joe Posnanski at 6/23/2023

• The value of contact, by G. Scott Thomas, at 6/21/2023

• The Case for Joey Votto, by Joe Posnanski at 6/20/2023

• MLB Draft Studs and Duds, by Alex Kielar, at 6/20/2023

• These 5 Baseball Cards are the "Highlight" of Your Summer, by 6/18/2023

• Baseball’s Greatest Father-Son Duos, by Jeffrey Lambert at 6/17/2023

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

• 7 bold predictions for July, by Anthony Castrovince, 6/30/2023

• 7 reasons this has already been a season for the ages, by Mike Lupica, 6/30/2023

• A look at all 24 perfect games in AL/NL history, by Andrew Simon, 6/29/2023

• Trade Deadline Inbox: What will teams on the cusp do?, by Mark Feinsand, 6/29/2023

• From 1st-timers to 10th-timers, All-Star Game's starting field set, by Thomas Harrigan, 6/29/2023

• 10 biggest surprises of the season's first half, by Will Leitch, 6/28/2023

• Long time coming: 10 All-Star voting droughts that could end, by Andrew Simon, 6/27/2023

• These teams could be primed for big second halves, by MLB.com writers, 6/25/2023

• This pitcher hates walks so much, he just might make history, by David Adler, 6/24/2023

• Braves sluggers, Ohtani, red-hot Reds among 10 standout stats, by Sarah Langs, 6/23/2023

• Need a reliever? Trade market has plenty to offer, by Mark Feinsand, 6/22/2023

• 10 trade chips and where they might land, by Mark Feinsand, 6/20/2023

• Best rookie star to build around? Take your pick, by MLB.com writers, 6/18/2023

• The greatest father-son duos in MLB history, by Andrew Simon, 6/18/2023

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

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.