When I returned to Milwaukee for that one fateful game in 2021, after blowing out my elbow and walking off the mound, I was emotional and unsure of what to do for days. Until one afternoon, Bob and I chatted in the food room at the stadium… he asked what my plan was. I told him

The soundtrack in this bar right now is giving major The Saint starring Val Kilmer vibes

I’d give anything to be in a warm and friendly neighborhood bar in New Orleans right now

Weird how these people still don't care if the output makes sense at all. Grimoires are books of spells, not blank pages. County fairs started in the 1800s. A golem is not a type of homunculus. Mountebanks are people who sell quack medicine, not persona shape shifters. Etc.

Coming to an exclusive wall near you John Axford

In honor of John Axford’s forthcoming Wall of Honor inclusion by the Milwaukee Brewers, resharing my story about Ax’s last comeback at the 2023 World Baseball Classic World Baseball Classic. Congrats, Ax! The Ax Man Cometh, Again. beltmag.com/the-ax-man-com…

Are you looking for funding and a community of peers to help develop your next big idea? If so, then New America Fellows Program wants to hear from you! Apply to be a part of the 2026 Class of New America Fellows by February 3, 2025. 📝 go.newamerica.org/apply-new-amer…

"Part history, part murder mystery, part seagoing adventure—entirely captivating" nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/sa…

"As a catcher, it’s too easy to throw out a guy stealing. So I'd throw it to the CF and see if he could throw him out." #Brewers #MLB

What a wonderful story. A little dose of something that we all need right about now.

It's true there is huge narco corruption in Mexico. It's also true that: - US gives sweetheart deals to narco snitches - US shops supply guns to cartels - CIA has worked with drug traffickers - US has biggest drug market in world - There are corrupt US police and border agents

Yes, Mexico Has Deep Narco Corruption, But So Does The USA - Border Agents working with cartels - CIA has worked with traffickers - U.S. gun shops sell to cartels - Cartel snitches get sweetheart deals - U.S. banks launder drug money Read the story at:↓ crashoutmedia.com/p/yes-mexico-h…

Those who come here risking life and limb to harvest the food that appears on American tables or to rebuild American cities after disasters should have as much claim to being American as any of us born into it do.

This is the first piece of a book project I'm working on about Timothy MacCarry, a Catholic anti-war protester who died under mysterious circumstances in 1971 at the age of 22. It is, I think, a timely story. I hope you will read it and share it widely. therevealer.org/against-war-th…

As you may have heard, most (not all) of the people who produce Outside magazine (and the website) were laid off on Thursday. The ex-ME has a complete archive of issues going all the way back to the 1970s. If anybody knows of a library that might want to house these, lemme know.

Today’s press box setup includes a memorial for the late Chris Mortensen.

Nah. I, and about every writer I know, love em dashes. We learn to edit against them in revision. If AI is overusing them it’s because it was trained on the pirated writing of many real human beings for whom the em dash is instinctual, artful, considered, and not always logical.

Slava Ukraini.

I will be joining tonight’s Notre Dame Baseball broadcast during the early innings to talk about South Bend’s Foundry Field and what I’ve been writing about it over the last year with the support of my New America fellowship. Foundry Field #us250 #journalism #JackieRobinsonDay