Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making to baseball this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again.
Interested in the changes baseball’s making? Read Mark’s article on how Moneyball broke baseball—and ... Show More
Aug 7
No Easy Fix | 2. Tolerance
At the onset of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, U.S. cities began trying new ways to stop the spread of infection among drug users. Ideas that were first seen as radical, such as needle exchanges, quickly caught on—because they worked. San Francisco is one of the first places ... Show More
35m 1s
Mar 2023
The Plan to Save Baseball From Boredom
Major League Baseball is putting in effect some of the biggest changes in the sport’s history in an effort to speed up the game and inject more activity.As the 2023 season opens, Michael Schmidt, a Times reporter, explains the extraordinary plan to save baseball from the tyranny ... Show More
30m 22s
Jan 2024
The Marcus Stroman Yankees Introductory Press Conference | 'Baseball Isn't Boring'
From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): Newly signed Yankees Pitcher Marcus Stroman meets with the New York media to discuss growing up a Yankee fan, his decision to sign with the Yankees, burying the hatchet with Brian Cashman, and why the Yankees were the perfect fit for ... Show More
20m 56s
Jul 2020
Joe Kelly is a Legend, CFB bad decision, MLB Bubble Blunder, Stella Immanuel
AM I Wrighster or Am I Wrong? Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly is a legend. Everything baseball purists hate, but everything that is great about sports. CFB is making a bad decision trying to return students and games at the same time. MLB Made a mistake not playing in a bubble. The wil ... Show More
13m 42s
Jun 2021
Kawhi Leonard, Dame Lillard, MLB Sticky Stuff, Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson Racist, Summer Sickness, Cancel or Consequence & Best of Social Media
On this episode of Wrighster or Wrong, George Wrighster and Ralph Amsden get into the reports that star NBA players Kawhi Leonard and Dame Lillard might be unsatisfied with their current teams, and discuss the rumored reasons for their discontent. Scottie Pippen made some serious ... Show More
1h 21m