The Baseball Listicle Lineup for August 8-15, 2022

Issue #19

Fourth 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 August 8-15, 2022, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• Checking in on the MVP Races, by Joe Posnanski, 8/15/2022

• Baseball Cards with a Fatal Flaw, by Wax Pack Gods, 8/14/2022

• Ten Who Missed: No. 2, Jim Palmer, by Joe Posnanski, 8/12/2022

• Best Batters of 2001-2005, by G. Scott Thomas, 8/12/2022

• All-State Tournament: The Big Finish!, by Joe Posnanski, 8/10/2022

Beyond those specific articles, be sure to check out the various baseball-related Substacks that I recommend.

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

• Votto sets record for most games by Canadian-born player, by Mark Sheldon, 8/14/2022

• These prospects could make an impact down the stretch, by Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo, 8/12/2022

• 10 things no one saw coming this season, by Anthony Castrovince, 8/10/2022

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