Short Relief

Short Relief: Happy Together

by Demetrius Bell, Mary Craig, and Sara Sanchez 12/17

Most teams' logos and uniforms share a common goal - the Yankees are not most teams; Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara starred in a 2019 movie celebrating the beauty of minor league baseball; Rob Manfred will bring families together during the holidays

Short Relief: Based on a True Story

by Holly M Wendt, Sydney Bergman, and Mike Bates 12/16

Last week the baseball world lost a friend, and a lot of essayists lost a mentor and a model: Michael Steinberg; *James Murphy voice* baseball we love you, but you're bringing us down; please read our screenplay about Robot Rob Manfred: Destroyer of Baseball

Short Relief: Thinking of the Children

by Nicholas Stillman, Sara Sanchez, and Matt Sussman 12/13

MLB The Show is going multi-platform for the first time, and that could be big; Baby Yoda reacts to the winter meetings; city flags symbolize a lot about MLB teams

Short Relief: Do Not Question Our Commitment to Sparkle Motion

by Sheryl Ring, Kate Preusser, and Neil Bhandari 12/12

When everything else is seemingly falling apart in our lives, baseball is there; the beauty of BaseBallet, from Mike Krukow's son; the Cubs might trade Kris Bryant and come on that's silly

Short Relief: I Want to Believe

by Mike Bates, Beth Davies-Stofka, and Davy Andrews 12/11

Reverse collusion is the hip new conspiracy theory; Bobby Jenks and using his platform to outlaw concurrent medical operations; trying to figure out how to explain why you love baseball as much as you do on dates

Short Relief: Hello I Must Be Going

by Mary Craig, Demetrius Bell, and Martin Freedman 12/10

It would be sad if Mookie Betts was traded, and pretty insulting if he isn't able to be; the MLB Draft is moving to Omaha and now we might actually watch it!; the bone-chilling tale of leaving a baseball game too early. *Twice*.

Short Relief: Would Baby Yoda Hit Mike Trout Second?

by Wesley Jenkins, Nicole Cahill, and Daniel R. Epstein 12/09

Baby Yoda, future baseball manager; the beauty of collecting baseball cards; a scouting report on new Mets acquisition "L'Homme au doigt", aka "Pointing Man"

Short Relief: Recipes for the Opposite of Success

by Sydney Bergman, Matthew Roberson, and Matt Sussman 12/06

Create your own edible Baltimore Orioles player; looking back at the first game of the decade (of course it was Yankees-Red Sox) and laughing; field dimensions: ranked

Short Relief: The Audacity

by Neil Bhandari, Nicholas Stillman, and Kate Preusser 12/05

The flaw in judging those who don't know everything that came before (the Billie Eilishs of MLB); the sadness in Ichiro torching teachers; the audacity of Joey Gallo flaunting his new threads.

Short Relief: …It’s a Helluva Town

by Beth Davies-Stofka, Davy Andrews, and Roger Cormier 12/04

A story on the greatest day in Brooklyn Dodgers history; the story of Davy's first two New York ballpark experiences were doozies; the known history of players watching themselves hit homers to psyche themselves up before games, aka "dig me videos", aka "taste rounds", aka "Reggie reels."

Short Relief: Non-Tender Saves the Night

by Sara Sanchez, Mary Craig, and Demetrius Bell 12/03

Addison Russell's non-tender lifts a weight off a chest; the story of Jacob "John" Atz, who needed to sue a league to keep his dream of going back to the majors alive; the Mets have won more recently than the Giants — the football Giants

Short Relief: Not Mellow About the ‘Mallows

by Mike Bates, Holly M Wendt, and Wesley Jenkins 12/02

Major League Baseball is failing the Stanford marshmallow experiment yet again; peak winter is choosing to watch one of the dumbest Phillies losses of the season instead of watching someone play a ridiculously difficult video game; does Jesper Horsted regret not sticking to baseball, or is he okay with being a fourth-string tight end for the Bears?

Long Relief: Your Team’s Logo is Bad

by BP Staff 11/29

Not *your* team, of course. Well, maybe.

Long Relief: Thank You

by BP Staff 11/28

What we are thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Short Relief: I Don’t Think You Should Leave

by Davy Andrews, Nicole Cahill, and Martin Freedman 11/27

Watching the champion Nationals fall apart could be fun, says a Nationals supporter; we are not machines, so are we really never going to talk about why the Cubs are playing close to Thanksgiving in 'The Martian'?

Short Relief: New Rules for Misery Mountain

by Demetrius Bell, Mary Craig, and Tom Pringle 11/26

There's a real place called Peace River, and you better believe it was the home to multiple beautiful baseball fields; a player in 1906 suggested batters should get to choose between running to first or third base; a writer in 2019 suggests fixing the tainted 2017 World Series with hook-a-duck or welly wanging.