Zach Crizer
@zcrizer.bsky.social
Baseball, culture + fandom at The Bandwagon.
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More baseball: Opta Analyst, D Magazine & Baseball Prospectus.
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Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
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Hannah is leaving The Bandwagon for a really great reason -- she's taking on a richly deserved full-time sports writing role.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
A bit of news about The Bandwagon and myself. Plus a great pic from Zach’s wedding. open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
The end of a season, the end of our era
Some news.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hannah is leaving The Bandwagon for a really great reason -- she's taking on a richly deserved full-time sports writing role.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
Hannah is leaving The Bandwagon for a really great reason -- she's taking on a richly deserved full-time sports writing role.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
A bit of news about The Bandwagon and myself. Plus a great pic from Zach’s wedding. open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
The end of a season, the end of our era
Some news.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hannah is leaving The Bandwagon for a really great reason -- she's taking on a richly deserved full-time sports writing role.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
It won't be the same, but I'm going to announce a new cadence for the newsletter soon.
Direct response to the Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz allegations from MLB.
Doesn’t totally close off these individual actor lanes but certainly makes them less lucrative.
Doesn’t totally close off these individual actor lanes but certainly makes them less lucrative.
Following this weekend’s indictments of Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, MLB has announced that, in collaboration with major sports books, single pitch wagers are being capped at $200 and excluded from all parlays:
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Direct response to the Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz allegations from MLB.
Doesn’t totally close off these individual actor lanes but certainly makes them less lucrative.
Doesn’t totally close off these individual actor lanes but certainly makes them less lucrative.
I just absolutely cannot with the Rockies.
They had imminently qualified candidates in the interview process. Nothing is mind-boggling with them anymore, but how do you land on Paul DePodesta?
They had imminently qualified candidates in the interview process. Nothing is mind-boggling with them anymore, but how do you land on Paul DePodesta?
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I just absolutely cannot with the Rockies.
They had imminently qualified candidates in the interview process. Nothing is mind-boggling with them anymore, but how do you land on Paul DePodesta?
They had imminently qualified candidates in the interview process. Nothing is mind-boggling with them anymore, but how do you land on Paul DePodesta?
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Here's my ranking of this year's top 50 MLB free agents: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ran...
MLB free agency: Ranking the top 50 players of the 2025-26 offseason
Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette, Framber Valdez and more top talents are available this winter
www.cbssports.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here's my ranking of this year's top 50 MLB free agents: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ran...
Geese covering an FM radio classic, as a treat. youtu.be/wnlV03_iFcI?...
Geese 3 track Live Lounge special for Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1 @Geeseband
YouTube video by BBC Radio 1
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Geese covering an FM radio classic, as a treat. youtu.be/wnlV03_iFcI?...
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The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...
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The World Series is over. @zcrizer.bsky.social and I wrote about it at The Bandwagon.
First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The World Series is over. @zcrizer.bsky.social and I wrote about it at The Bandwagon.
First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...
The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...
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For @theguardian.com: If this is what a broken sport feels like, don’t fix it.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For @theguardian.com: If this is what a broken sport feels like, don’t fix it.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Really hard to overstate how much Yoshinobu Yamamoto's standing in the game just changed.
He's the league's ace now.
He's the league's ace now.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Really hard to overstate how much Yoshinobu Yamamoto's standing in the game just changed.
He's the league's ace now.
He's the league's ace now.
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Game 6: W, Yamamoto
Game 7: W, Yamamoto
Game 7: W, Yamamoto
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Game 6: W, Yamamoto
Game 7: W, Yamamoto
Game 7: W, Yamamoto
Miguel Rojas 🤝 Rajai Davis
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Miguel Rojas 🤝 Rajai Davis
Dodgers look like a team full of 9 hitters (derogatory)
Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)
Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Dodgers look like a team full of 9 hitters (derogatory)
Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)
Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)
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New Bandwagon! Thoughts on Trey Yesavage, Shohei Ohtani's potential outfield debut and more ahead of World Series Game 6. bandwagon.substack.com/p/89-how-wil...
#89 How will it end?
Trey Yesavage, Drake and a potential new Shohei Ohtani development
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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New Bandwagon! Thoughts on Trey Yesavage, Shohei Ohtani's potential outfield debut and more ahead of World Series Game 6. bandwagon.substack.com/p/89-how-wil...
Over at @dmagazine.bsky.social, wrote about why pursuing a singular team hitting philosophy is a fool’s errand in this era of MLB. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
The Rangers’ Offense Could Learn a Thing Or Two From the World Series
Texas' bats struggled all season. Could the A.L.-pennant-winning Toronto Blue Jays offer a road map for how to fix them?
www.dmagazine.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Over at @dmagazine.bsky.social, wrote about why pursuing a singular team hitting philosophy is a fool’s errand in this era of MLB. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
Confident this is the hardest a cello has ever rocked. spotify.link/hESqIWTSUXb
System
spotify.link
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Confident this is the hardest a cello has ever rocked. spotify.link/hESqIWTSUXb
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Every team that isn't in the World Series could take a lesson from the ones that are. In the Rangers' case, it's paying close attention to how Toronto has approached hitting.
Smart stuff by the ultra smart @zcrizer.bsky.social:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
Smart stuff by the ultra smart @zcrizer.bsky.social:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
The Rangers’ Offense Could Learn a Thing Or Two From the World Series
Texas' bats struggled all season. Could the A.L.-pennant-winning Toronto Blue Jays offer a road map for how to fix them?
www.dmagazine.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Every team that isn't in the World Series could take a lesson from the ones that are. In the Rangers' case, it's paying close attention to how Toronto has approached hitting.
Smart stuff by the ultra smart @zcrizer.bsky.social:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
Smart stuff by the ultra smart @zcrizer.bsky.social:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
Blue Jays up, Dodgers on the brink.
It’s Bandwagon live reaction time. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
It’s Bandwagon live reaction time. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Blue Jays up, Dodgers on the brink.
It’s Bandwagon live reaction time. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
It’s Bandwagon live reaction time. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
We, as a society, have not solved much recently. But take heart: Blake Snell no longer gets pulled too early in World Series games.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We, as a society, have not solved much recently. But take heart: Blake Snell no longer gets pulled too early in World Series games.
Choosing to believe my subscription money specifically funded this collision of interests. www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Choosing to believe my subscription money specifically funded this collision of interests. www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Anyone have a record of other games Tinashe has sung the anthem at? Asking for literally everyone watching.
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Anyone have a record of other games Tinashe has sung the anthem at? Asking for literally everyone watching.