The Light Bat
Nathan Bishop, Samuel JosephWriting with good-natured snark and hope about sports' most hopeless franchise
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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12/9/25: I Regret To Announce That This Is The End
Welcome, friends. I will not bury the lede. This will be the last edition of The Light Bat newsletter. Since our first post just a little over a year ago in total we’ve produced 107 written posts, 12 podcasts, and countless hilarious images...
12/4/25: Bit Court
Ed’s note: The below is the long-overdue solo byline debut for Samuel. Over the past year and 100+ (!) posts his fingerprints have been all over the newsletter, and he’s garnished a fair number of co-bylines. However, this one is all him. I...
11/20/25: The Light Bat 2025/2026 Offseason Plan
“The old roster is dying, and the new roster struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
The 2025 AL MVP Hater's Ball
It’s Friday, and the weather in the PNW is god awful. It has rained more than an inch the past 24 hours, the sun is barely denting the grayness of the skyline, and holiday pressure is begging to mount. That’s not a problem for you though, i...
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