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Dave McKenna

High School Sports

A Can’t-Lose Proposition: Wilson High Wins 29th D.C. Baseball Title In A Row

Ray Ratto

It’s Important To Appreciate The Human Element In Baseball, Like An Ump Forgetting How To Count

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

Two Nationals Players Tagged Out At Third On Same Play

Josh Naylor Hit A Hell Of A Lot Of Homers For The Guardians Last Night, Which Certainly Proves Something

Samer Kalaf

Trevor Story looks dumbfounded after striking out.

There Are Cold Starts, And Then There’s What Trevor Story’s Doing

J.T. Realmuto #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after lining out to end the bottom of the second inning against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on May 5, 2022 in Philadelphia,

Phillies’ Ninth-Inning Choke Is Just The Latest, Biggest Indignity

Things Have Somehow Gotten Even Worse For The Reds

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Drew Magary

Funbag

What If A Baseball Game Literally Never Ended?

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Chris Thompson

Baseball Is So Fucking Hard, Man

David Roth

Rockies outfielder Yonathan Daza slides past Reds catcher Mark Kolozsvary in a 10-1 Rockies win.

Here’s How The Cincinnati Reds Are Doing

Mets players mobbing closer Edwin Diaz after he got the last out of the team's combined no-hitter against the Phillies.

Here’s To The Janky No-Hitter, One Of Baseball’s Great Delights

Reds reliever Art Warren pitches at home against the Cardinals.

Where Is The Window For The Cincinnati Reds?

Lauren Theisen

Nationals-Giants Game Begins With Gnarly Vomiting

A view of the scoreboard after the ninth inning with zero Red Sox hits

The Rays Almost Broke The Concept Of A No-Hitter

Miguel Cabrera’s 3,000th Hit Almost Snuck Up On Everybody

By God, The Time To Beat The Shift Is Upon Us

Seiya Suzuki Already Has The Boom

Roki Sasaki Is Still Perfect

The Kids Are Cool, And Possibly Alright

It’s Good When Announcers Are Kind Of Silly

Shohei Otani, seen in this image keeping a positive approach near the Distraction logo.

Podcasts

Baseball As Antidepressant, With Albert Burneko And Kelsey McKinney

Everybody Loves Vlad, Even The Men He Destroys

<a href="https://twitter.com/jaseidler" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jarrett Seidler</a> is the senior prospect writer and evaluation coordinator at Baseball Prospectus. He is a proud Jersey Shore local.

Jarrett Seidler

Wander Franco receives congratulations in the dugout after scoring against the Orioles.

The International Draft Solves A Problem Of MLB’s Own Making

Guillermo Heredia is interfered with in a rundown

Goofy Baseball Blowouts Are Back

Cincinnati Reds team president Phil Castellini, seen here preparing to make an ass of himself on TV.