Harrison Golden
@harrisongolden.bsky.social
A retired Little Leaguer who found his second act in journalism. TV news alum. SABR member. ⚾️ NY✈️NOLA✈️NC.
Welcome back to baseball, NBC!
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Welcome back to baseball, NBC!
Happy November 13th, Felix! (Sorry about the divorce.)
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy November 13th, Felix! (Sorry about the divorce.)
A thrift store find!
September 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A thrift store find!
Davey Johnson’s plaque at Citi Field. RIP.
September 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Davey Johnson’s plaque at Citi Field. RIP.
WELLS, WELLS: On this date 27 years ago, Yankees southpaw David Wells came closer than most to his second perfect game of the 1998 season.
I wrote about this game a while back for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I wrote about this game a while back for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
September 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
WELLS, WELLS: On this date 27 years ago, Yankees southpaw David Wells came closer than most to his second perfect game of the 1998 season.
I wrote about this game a while back for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I wrote about this game a while back for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Today marks 30 years since the baseball world laid one of its heroes, Mickey Charles Mantle, to rest.
Phil Rizzuto’s reaction to the funeral, including this eulogy by Bob Costas, is the subject of a recent article I wrote for the Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Phil Rizzuto’s reaction to the funeral, including this eulogy by Bob Costas, is the subject of a recent article I wrote for the Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
August 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today marks 30 years since the baseball world laid one of its heroes, Mickey Charles Mantle, to rest.
Phil Rizzuto’s reaction to the funeral, including this eulogy by Bob Costas, is the subject of a recent article I wrote for the Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Phil Rizzuto’s reaction to the funeral, including this eulogy by Bob Costas, is the subject of a recent article I wrote for the Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
August has landed! And 30 years ago this month, a deluge of souvenir baseballs landed on the Dodger Stadium grass.
My latest for SABR revisits a night that Angelenos would rather forget. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
My latest for SABR revisits a night that Angelenos would rather forget. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
August 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
August has landed! And 30 years ago this month, a deluge of souvenir baseballs landed on the Dodger Stadium grass.
My latest for SABR revisits a night that Angelenos would rather forget. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
My latest for SABR revisits a night that Angelenos would rather forget. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Today’s headlines only make this Edward R. Murrow quote more haunting:
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate, yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box.”
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate, yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today’s headlines only make this Edward R. Murrow quote more haunting:
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate, yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box.”
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate, yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box.”
Tfw my local Sheetz plays Yo La Tengo on the speakers.
July 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tfw my local Sheetz plays Yo La Tengo on the speakers.
The man behind the mask. Rest easy, Dave Parker.
June 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The man behind the mask. Rest easy, Dave Parker.
Look out, Flushing! The Summer of Dicky Lovelady has arrived!
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Look out, Flushing! The Summer of Dicky Lovelady has arrived!
Have you ever missed a friend’s funeral and regretted it? My latest article for SABR rewinds to 30 years ago this summer — and Phil Rizzuto’s difficult day. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
June 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Have you ever missed a friend’s funeral and regretted it? My latest article for SABR rewinds to 30 years ago this summer — and Phil Rizzuto’s difficult day. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
“This field, this game, it’s part of our past, Leo.”
June 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“This field, this game, it’s part of our past, Leo.”
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was initially hesitant about Mandela’s visit.
But after he saw the activist in Yankee garb saying “I am a Yankee,” Steinbrenner agreed to pay all expenses for the night.
Mandela died in 2013. In 2014 he received a plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.
But after he saw the activist in Yankee garb saying “I am a Yankee,” Steinbrenner agreed to pay all expenses for the night.
Mandela died in 2013. In 2014 he received a plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.
June 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was initially hesitant about Mandela’s visit.
But after he saw the activist in Yankee garb saying “I am a Yankee,” Steinbrenner agreed to pay all expenses for the night.
Mandela died in 2013. In 2014 he received a plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.
But after he saw the activist in Yankee garb saying “I am a Yankee,” Steinbrenner agreed to pay all expenses for the night.
Mandela died in 2013. In 2014 he received a plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.
JUNE 21, 1990: Nelson Mandela, freed after 27+ years, gives a speech at Yankee Stadium.
In a Yankees jacket and cap, he tells as many as 80,000 people, “Now you know who I am. I am a Yankee!”
He says that, though he’s no longer in prison, the fight against apartheid in South Africa must continue.
In a Yankees jacket and cap, he tells as many as 80,000 people, “Now you know who I am. I am a Yankee!”
He says that, though he’s no longer in prison, the fight against apartheid in South Africa must continue.
June 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
JUNE 21, 1990: Nelson Mandela, freed after 27+ years, gives a speech at Yankee Stadium.
In a Yankees jacket and cap, he tells as many as 80,000 people, “Now you know who I am. I am a Yankee!”
He says that, though he’s no longer in prison, the fight against apartheid in South Africa must continue.
In a Yankees jacket and cap, he tells as many as 80,000 people, “Now you know who I am. I am a Yankee!”
He says that, though he’s no longer in prison, the fight against apartheid in South Africa must continue.
One year ago, Major League Baseball paid tribute to Birmingham’s Rickwood Field — and the Black players who cultivated its legend.
I was honored to write about this night some time ago for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I was honored to write about this night some time ago for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
June 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One year ago, Major League Baseball paid tribute to Birmingham’s Rickwood Field — and the Black players who cultivated its legend.
I was honored to write about this night some time ago for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I was honored to write about this night some time ago for the Society for American Baseball Research’s Games Project. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
“And the news came on TV
A lotta people out there hurtin'
And it really scares me
Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight”
Brian Wilson 1942-2025
A lotta people out there hurtin'
And it really scares me
Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight”
Brian Wilson 1942-2025
June 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“And the news came on TV
A lotta people out there hurtin'
And it really scares me
Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight”
Brian Wilson 1942-2025
A lotta people out there hurtin'
And it really scares me
Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight”
Brian Wilson 1942-2025
Hello, Baltimore!
May 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hello, Baltimore!
We’re glad you came, Norm.
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We’re glad you came, Norm.
Me explaining “Roundball Rock” to a 22-year-old who wasn’t alive when NBC last aired an NBA game.
May 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Me explaining “Roundball Rock” to a 22-year-old who wasn’t alive when NBC last aired an NBA game.
Filling Birmingham’s Rickwood Field are stories of pain, joy, triumph, trauma, and feelings in between.
I appreciate the Society for American Baseball Research letting me tell one such story, about one night almost a year ago. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I appreciate the Society for American Baseball Research letting me tell one such story, about one night almost a year ago. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Filling Birmingham’s Rickwood Field are stories of pain, joy, triumph, trauma, and feelings in between.
I appreciate the Society for American Baseball Research letting me tell one such story, about one night almost a year ago. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I appreciate the Society for American Baseball Research letting me tell one such story, about one night almost a year ago. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
It’s Wikipedia official!
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s Wikipedia official!
Zuck: the average American has three friends.
May 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Zuck: the average American has three friends.