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The Screwball Times is a playground for the intellectually curious goofball. The Sousaphonist on the Moneyball bandwagon with a ne’er-do-well streak. Hot takes are mock. Conclusions dim. The perspective on baseball, while grounded in respect and irrational passion, defaults to digression, triviality, and the undressing of a funny game featuring the erratic thwacking of a little round ball.
For sober and critical analysis, defer to baseball braniacs like those at The Hardball Times. Meanwhile, I’m happy to screw around. Baseball is too great to be taken so seriously.
Welcome, fellow scoundrel. Read on.
The latest articles
Book Review: The Cloudbuster Nine - by Anne R. Keene
by Fred Hofstetter on January 30, 2024Keene's comprehensive book tells several stories behind the V-5 Pre-Flight School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina: home to one of the rarest, greatest baseball teams in American history.
Book Review: The Glory of Their Times
by Fred Hofstetter on February 11, 2023There's good reason why The Glory of Their Times appears on every "best baseball book of all time" list you'll find anywhere.
Book Review: Future Value - Eric Longenhagen & Kiley McDaniel
by Fred Hofstetter on January 8, 2023Discover how amateur and pro baseball scouting is done, how departments are built, and how organizations find talent in Future Value.
Baseball players wear hats because wearing a hat is correct
by Fred Hofstetter on April 9, 2022Practicality explains why baseball players may want to wear a billed cap. But why does every player always wear a hat? Because it’s the right thing to do.