• where to start: baseball basics
  • also this
• edictalis @ tmblr’s short baseball primer
  • also this (quick lowdown on NL west rivalries? ig) and this
• ‘baseball’s best’ series on r/baseball (i feel like an assbag linking to r*ddit but baseball has a severe lack of comprehensive primers so. also i’d dispute a few of their picks considering how the 2014 season has panned out so far but. still)
• 2013 mlb playoff “hate primer”
• baseball slang + abbreviations
• links for learning abt stats/sabermetrics
• fangraphs!!!!
  • why you should pray at the church of brandon crawford
• 'jockbio' lmao. but yeah this is good for background info on popular players.
• sbnation's 2014 mlb preview
  • specific team previews
  • grant brisbee's 2014 predictions
• baseball research journal

MISC.

• articles about stealing signs
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• hilarious baseball injuries (i shouldn't laugh but i did)
• "Is There a Racial Dividing Line in Present-Day Baseball Clubhouses?" (a rare exception to the 'bleacher report is trash' rule)
  • commentary on above article by a jays fan. 'drunk jays fans' is just a good (jays-centric) blog in general
  • also kinda related. racism in sbrorts. surprise, surprise.
• Jose Fernandez on his journey from Cuban defector to MLB All-Star
• mark mulder's attempted mlb comeback
  • "I think it would've been different if I left the game because I wasn't any good anymore. I think that would've been harder than the way I went out, because I went out because I physically couldn't do it." #BYE
• the redemption of barry zito
  • also this
• ty clippard + drew storen
• yasiel puig commentary
  • Puig, Ortiz, Cespedes; Strong personalities leading MLB clubs
• mlb pitchers' velocity peaks at a young age
• "between two palm trees: with aj ells and clayton kershaw"
• Buster Posey: Work louder than words
  • the posey/lincecum narrative
• Ryan Vogelsong's improbable journey
• the 2012 san francisco giants
• The Art And Soul Of The 2013 Boston Red Sox
• women in baseball
  • 'Baseball's Bisexuality' by Adrienne Harris
• literally just eri yoshida's wiki article but 4 real she's so fucking COOL
  • young female baseball players worth keeping an eye on: jade gortarez, chelsea baker, grace white, sloan cromwell, sarah hudek, cayla calderon, marti sementelli, ozzie sailors, lauren frost, alexa maldonado, bessie knoll, kellsie whitmore