Eric Nusbaum

because they both play good defense right

This Couple Is Riding Every Bus in King County Pat and Don Janssen grab lunch at the end of every line, too.

honestly living the dream

Cal Raleigh Wins the Home Run Derby The Big Dumper is reminding Mariners fans that good things can actually happen.

wrote a little blog about the dumper as a cause for hope www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...

Commentary: Cowardly Dodgers remain silent as ICE raids terrorize their fans The Dodgers have declined to release a statement in support of their fans protesting ICE raids that have ripped apart families in Southern California.

Hernández: Cowardly Dodgers remain silent as ICE raids terrorize their fans

The Ecology of Baseball Stadiums | Baseball Prospectus Nature is everywhere, except sometimes where the grass is greenest.

New from me at BP: An essay about the ecology of baseball stadiums, which stand as beautiful lifeless monuments to an era of urban command over nature, one that is quickly dying out. On ballparks, parks, and the growing divide between the two:

what a huge loss.

Obviously you need to change your flight!

Author Talk with Eric Nusbaum Join us for an exciting conversation between Eric Nusbaum, author of Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between.

Hey LA folks, drop everything and register to come hear me and @gustavoarellano.bsky.social talk about Stealing Home (and other stuff) at the Braille Institute on May 14. Event also includes a reading from the book in braille!

www.brailleinstitute.org/find-service...

Chris, Larry is right about all of this. And you are definitely a good enough writer.

i thought he was little unit

a good nickname for randy johnson would have been the space needle

robbie ray?

The Story Behind Jackie Robinson’s Moving Testimony Before the House Un-American Activities Committee On the morning of July 18, 1949, just six days after he played in his first All-Star Game, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee

Stealing Home is not a new book anymore, but this excerpt on Jackie Robinson being hauled to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee feels relevant today: time.com/5808543/jack...

ummm can i nominate "criger, personal catcher" @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

Why Is There a Space Needle in Macon, Georgia? Jesse Evans built it as an ode to his late wife—and an ode to a city he loves.

This piece I wrote for the @seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy about the love story behind a 16-foot Space Needle in Macon, Georgia just went live:
www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...

I noticed it a couple years ago for the first time and couldn't believe it.

what about if we made them wear tiny shoes so they couldn't run as fast?

It's only a couple hours drive away

Good article! Seattle’s low park factor is a kitchen sink of issues, to which I’ll add one more fun fact not mentioned herein: Seattle has MLB’s strongest gravity. A fly ball in Miami will travel about a foot farther than the same ball in Seattle, just from the difference in earth’s gravity alone.

The best show

Honestly I'm surprised by that too

Longtime Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki Is Going to the Hall of Fame Let's be grateful we got to watch the Seattle Mariners legend for so long.

Turns out I can track my entire adult life through Ichiro memories. Wrote about a few of my favorites here. www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...

deer tick!

clint nageotte

HOLLYWOODSKI by Lou Mathews will be published by Tiger Van Books on January 21st!! Fuck yeah!! This dark and hilarious gem completes Lou's masterful trifecta of novels about his hometown of Los Angeles. For the love all that is holy and merciful, order this book! Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Soul Box Lenny Randle & Ballplayers - Kingdome [1982]

RIP to Lenny Randle, who recorded easily the funkiest song any MLB player has ever even attempted. It was about the Kingdome. Admittedly I don't know who is even in second place here. (It's pretty good, but the way it's mixed is insane.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0GZ...

[I'm sorry if you're thinking that we have free weights]

Seattle Met's Most-Read Longform Stories of 2024 These are the features our readers loved this year.

Some good reads for the quiet days. www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...

I was there!