Baseball's Best (and Worst)
G. Scott ThomasTales of excellence (and mediocrity) on the diamond
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End of the line
This is the 573rd entry of Baseball’s Best (and Worst). It’s also the last.
I launched this newsletter on Labor Day 2020, near the end of that bizarrely truncated Covid season. I haven’t missed a week since then, usually posting two storie...
Best 50 — 1984 Detroit Tigers (#1)
This newsletter has devoted several months to an examination of past greatness. We’ve broken down history’s top 50 ballclubs — collectively known as the Best 50 — as determined by my new book, Baseball’s Best (and Worst) Teams. And now we’v...
Branching in a new direction
Dear valued reader of Baseball’s Best (and Worst):
Baseball — no surprise — has always been one of my chief interests. But history, especially political history, is equally important to me.
That’s why I’m adding a political newsletter to...
Best 50 — 1998 New York Yankees (#2)
Successive editions of this newsletter are counting down the 50 greatest ballclubs of all time — a/k/a the Best 50 — as ranked by my new book, Baseball’s Best (and Worst) Teams. Today’s entry focuses on No. 2, the 1998 New York Yankees.
He...
Best 50 — 1986 New York Mets (#3)
We’re spending the 2025 season looking back at previous seasons, specifically the 50 greatest teams in history, a group that I call the Best 50. Today’s entry, the 1986 New York Mets, is No. 3 on the list, as determined by my new book, Base...
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