Intro to The Dugout
In college, a group of my friends and I came up with the concept of The Dugout right around springtime. Basically, the idea was us sitting around watching and discussing baseball, but it was so much more than that. It was more of a symbolic idea, a beacon of light from a long, snow-ridden winter.
Baseball is a symbol of spring, rejuvenation, and eternal hope. It is a game with a rhythm outside the confines of a clock or set quarters or minutes. In a world becoming increasingly technology-dependent and technology-addicted, baseball can be a pastoral retreat that combines both athletic prowess and intellectual analysis. Baseball can be a world of storytelling and numbers, oral tradition (radio broadcasts) and statistics (Fangraphs).
Launched on April 2, 2021, this publication will attempt to explore the multi-faceted nature of baseball. Inspired by podcasts like Effectively Wild and The Infinite Inning, The Dugout will meander through not only the numbers and headlines of baseball but also about the stories, philosophies, and lessons that form the soul of the game.
I cannot say I have a definite vision for where this might lead, but here is what I am envisioning:
- Baseball and philosophy: We will write articles that read baseball symbolically and metaphorically and connect to the deeper lessons and themes of the game that extends…
