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The New Baseball Still Seems Juiced
MLB is debuting a ball this season that’s supposed to decrease the distance of deep fly balls and by extension, quite possibly the volume of home runs. Yet the data from spring training appear to tell a different story.
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How “A Drive Into Deep Left Field by Castellanos” Became the Perfect Meme for These Strange Times
The infamous on-air apology derailed by a Nick Castellanos home run has found life beyond Weird Baseball Twitter—and it may be here to stay
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What the Snyder Cut Means for the Future of Fandom
Does the successful fan-driven ‘Justice League’ campaign have ripple effects for similar movements for ‘Suicide Squad’ and ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’?
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Could the Dodgers Challenge the Single-Season Wins Record?
The 2020 champs not only have a chance to repeat, but the metrics also give them a puncher’s chance at reaching regular-season heights no team has before
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The Quest for the Perfect Pitching Machine
At least three parties are working to supply teams with the next generation of batting-practice tools—ones that can replicate any pitch in MLB—either this season or next. Could they level the playing field between hitters and pitchers?
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Is It Time to Move the Pitching Mound Back?
For nearly 130 years, the distance between pitchers and batters has remained the same. But as pitchers get better and bigger—and balls in play become increasingly rare—MLB could benefit from giving hitters some space.
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The Dream of Shohei Ohtani Is Alive
The Angels’ two-way phenom is launching home runs and unleashing nasty stuff on the mound this spring training, raising the hype to levels unseen since his debut
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How They Made It: The Deeply Real Deepfakes of ‘For All Mankind’
For its second season, the Apple TV+ show relied on more than just impersonators and reappropriated audio to bring Johnny Carson, John Lennon, and Ronald Reagan to the screen
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How Annapurna Interactive Became the Most Revered Indie Publisher in Gaming
The subsidiary of the film-production company that made ‘The Master’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ has established itself as a powerhouse in the video game field. And with a busy 2021 release schedule, starting with this week’s ‘Maquette,’ it’s poised to add to its growing reputation.
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The New Documentary Tackling the Unique Enigma That Is Nintendo
‘Playing With Power,’ which debuts Monday, is an extended but incomplete look into the Japanese game-maker