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790 RISP: Ryan Basen, "Death of a Childhood: A Memoir of 1989 and the ‘Why Not’ Baltimore Orioles"
In a unique memoir, Basen recounts struggles with "nascent" anxiety and mood disorders, and how an MLB team became his port in an internal storm.
Oct 30
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Nathan Sager
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790 RISP: Brendan O'Meara, 'The Front Runner' (Episode 1)
In his first major biography, Brendan O'Meara, host of The Creative Non-Fiction Podcast chases down the legend of Steve Prefontaine, who blazed a trail…
Oct 30
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Nathan Sager
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1:14:49
The Blue Jays' bandwagon has Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey | World Series post
Has a code been cracked, or is someone cracking up? Some Force wanted this Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series to happen right here, right now. Who is ready…
Oct 25
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Nathan Sager
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Strong Jays fans also cry; or the Arc de Trident | A baseball post
The emotional journey of seeing your favourite baseball team end their 30-season pennant drought at the same time that your country is facing huge…
Oct 23
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Nathan Sager
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Foreword by John Schneider | A Blue Jays Baseball Post
The Toronto manager bottled it, sure, but uncorking frustrations hardly helps. That's just the way it goes sometimes. Also, leave a player's family out…
Oct 18
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Nathan Sager
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Receipts, Blue Jays fans have a few | A Baseball Post
Of course it is extra sweet when the Blue Jays put one over on the Yankees in the MLB postseason. No fanbase knows better why they ain't that grand, or…
Oct 10
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Nathan Sager
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August 2025
NFL to CFL fandom equivalencies | A Football Post
A guide to how to adapt NFL hate-watching to the quirkier Canadian equivalent. This is wobbly and out-of-bounds, but at least the balls are slightly…
Aug 29
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Nathan Sager
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Quotable Sports on King of the Hill | Fun Center Fun Center Fun Center Post
Bwah gaud, that is Hank Hill's music! An incomplete appreciation of the original series' sports adventures, now that it is back for a revival on a…
Aug 6
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Nathan Sager
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July 2025
Jake Powell's bigoted folly, from Steve Wulf | Rereading Sport (Déjà vu audio)
When a Yankee made a racist remark live on radio in 1938, it was the beginning of the end of baseball's racist line, and a timeless warning for sports…
Jul 29
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Nathan Sager
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9:51
Tom Boswell, on anxiety and grief via béisbol | Rereading Sport (Déjà vu audio)
Toronto and Detroit both being in first place in their respective MLB divisions evokes a lesson from the before times (before wild cards, anyway) and…
Jul 27
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Nathan Sager
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8:50
An MLB reälignment that serves climate adaptation, competitiveness, and clarity | Baseball Post
Greed will not allow it to happen, that goes without saying. But a geographically balanced 28-team MLB is the way to go. Enjoy the All-Star Game.
Jul 15
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Nathan Sager
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Déjà vu audio again: Craig Ferguson on living the American 'dream of justice' | Rereading Sport
Apropos reading for July 4! As the U.S. barrels past constitutional failure to concentration camps, the Scottish-born comic's memoir reads like an…
Jul 4
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Nathan Sager
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9:01
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