♦ You don’t hear that much about this topic, but here’s a piece from the Washington Post on “The 10 best sports theme songs of all time — and what makes them great.” It’s kind of interesting to see/hear all the football tunes in one handy spot to compare. Not surprisingly, there’s only one baseball theme, and that’s from decades ago.
♦ Strictly speaking, you probably wouldn’t want to put this on a bookshelf. More likely under glass, hanging on the wall: “Historic Lou Gehrig Yankees Jersey Breaks Record, Sells For $2.7 Million.”
♦ Here’s an article from Amazin’ Avenue — a Mets-centric blog on SBNation — about a forthcoming book, Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A.M. Gittlitz.
♦ In the latest edition of Reading Baseball on NPR affiliate WSIU, Pete Peterson remembers the 100th anniversary of the 1925 World Series, where the 7th and final game was played in a downpour, forcing officials to set the infield on fire with gasoline to dry it.
♦ Southern Utah University ran this piece on one of their own: Dr. Tony Oliver, dean of the College of Health Sciences, who has co-authored the forthcoming (July, 2026) The Greatest of Their Times. The book details a data-driven analysis of the sport’s peak performers and performances across eras.
♦ Michigan’s Ludington Daily News ran this opinion piece, “Baseball in the Time of Trump,” during the World Series. Made me think of a book I have on my desk, Bill Clinton at the Church of Baseball.
♦ Another opinion article during fall classic: “With Baseball, I No Longer Care Who Wins,” by Edward Hirsch who leads off with “For the past 10 years I have been gradually losing my sight, not totally, but steadily, irreversibly. These days I can’t see much in the dark, but I can still make out things in the light, especially if they are right in front of me, and a baseball outing to a day game seemed like a good challenge, an overdue pleasure.”
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