The Long Game (Molly Knight)

. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Hi friends- Come talk baseball with me and friends at 3 PM ET/12 PM PT today. I turn down money from Kalshi and Polymarket for ads, so If you haven’t already subscribed to the Long Game, it would help me out a lot if you did so here: Being an independent sportswriter who doesn’t take gambling ads is… very tough right now, so thank you all for your support! Zoom link below:

Dodger Diary Plus, the Padres stay alive. We’ve got four elimination games today! More from the Long Game this week: The Brewers may have the juice, a Saturday zoom with me for paid subscribers, Division series game 1 chat for the paid list, NLDS game 2 chat for all subscribers, ALDS game 2 chat for the paid list, Joy of Baseball live video chat with me and Joe Posnanski on Monday night, NLDS game 3 chat, Joy of Baseball podcast with Nick Offerman.

Around the League Thoughts on all four division series races now that we are two games in More from the Long Game this week: Saturday zoom with me for paid subscribers, Division series game 1 chat for the paid list, NLDS game 2 chat for all subscribers, ALDS game 2 chat for the paid list, Joy of Baseball live video chat with me and Joe Posnanski during the Rays v. Yankees ALDS game 2 on Monday night.

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images) Hi friends- The four division series start today, but we will continue our weekly Saturday zooms during the final hour of the White Sox v. Guardians game today, October 3rd at 3 PM ET/noon PT. If you haven’t already subscribed to the Long Game, it would help me out a lot if you did so here: Being an independent sports writer who doesn’t take gambling ads is very tough right now, so thank you all for your support. Zoom link below:

Around the League And please join us at 8 PM ET for a live video chat! (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Hi friends- Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live chat with Doug Glanville last night. The great Buck Showalter joined us for an hour, and told amazing stories about Max Scherzer, Edwin Diaz, and his love for Shakira. He also explained why he only wants pitchers with big butts and hitters with brown or green eyes. You can watch or listen to our chat with Buck here.

Hi all- Doug and I were joined by the great Buck Showalter today for our playoff preview, and he was hilarious. He told incredible stories about Max Scherzer, Edwin Diaz, and Shakira, among others. You can watch the recording above. Thank you to everyone who was able to join live and ask questions, and congratulations to our trivia winners! You can subscribe to Doug’s newsletter here. You can subscribe to my newsletter here: Share

Hello to all our of new friends who joined the Long Game community as free and paid subscribers over the past few weeks! This is going to be a crazy final weekend of the pennant race and we have a lot to discuss! Every Saturday I also host a zoom for the paid list where we get together and talk about all the baseball news of the week for an hour. We’ll be meeting today at 12 PM PT/3 PM ET. This zoom is for paid subscribers.

More from the Long Game this week: Saturday zoom for paid subscribers, Sunday free chat, Joy of Baseball podcast with Andy Richter, Wednesday chat for the paid list, Friday chat. The regular season ends on Sunday and we will be kicking it into high gear with newsletters, chats, and live videos from me every day in the playoffs. Get ready to be sick of me!!!! Thank you for your patience as we’ve been getting the Joy of Baseball podcast off the ground.

Hello to all our of new friends who joined the Long Game community as free and paid subscribers over the past few weeks! This is going to be a crazy final week of the pennant race and we have a lot to discuss! Every Saturday I also host a zoom for the paid list where we get together and talk about all the baseball news of the week for an hour. We’ll be meeting today at 12 PM PT/3 PM ET. This zoom is for paid subscribers.

More from The Long Game this week: Saturday zoom with me for the paid list, our free Sunday chat, paywalled Wednesday and Friday chats, and a new episode of the Joy of Baseball with the Progressive Insurance “Don’t Turn into your Parents” guy, Bill Glass. My unabashed love for Peter Morgan Alonso has been well-documented in these parts. I wrote poetry when he waddled around the bases to leg out a triple like a duck escaping an asylum.