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Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 6: Are We Feeling Abundant?

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Kathryn Xu, Sabrina Imbler, Chris Thompson, and Ray Ratto

February 19, 2025

Stand Down: Phillies Toilet Crisis Abates As Bryce Harper Returns To Spring Training

February 18, 2025

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Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 5: Looking For Small Evolutions

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Kathryn Xu, Sabrina Imbler, and Chris Thompson

February 11, 2025

Scenes From Broad Street And Beyond

Kathryn Xu and Luis Paez-Pumar

February 10, 2025

MLB Loses Its Best Umpire To Sports Gambling

February 5, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 4: We Are Deprived

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Chris Thompson, Kathryn Xu, and Sabrina Imbler

February 4, 2025

All The Trains I Rode In China

January 30, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 3: Synchronicities And Faith

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Kathryn Xu, Sabrina Imbler, and Chris Thompson

January 28, 2025

Who Benefits From Formula 1’s New Rules?

January 24, 2025

Maybe The Dodgers’ Competitors Could Show Some Self-Respect

January 23, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 2: Roadblocks And Revelations

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Sabrina Imbler, Kathryn Xu, and Chris Thompson

January 22, 2025

Arts And Culture

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 1: Our Hands Hurt

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Chris Thompson, Sabrina Imbler, and Kathryn Xu

January 14, 2025

76ers Not Moving Across Town After All

January 14, 2025

It’s Puzzling Time

January 10, 2025

Peter Seidler’s Padres Are A Family Business

January 7, 2025

Liam Lawson Enters The Red Bull Second-Seat Gantlet

December 19, 2024

Yankees Make Big Moves To Rebuild Juan Soto In The Aggregate

December 16, 2024

In Search Of A Phillies Hat In Chinese MLB Stores

December 6, 2024

Consider The Fruit Tea Dilemma

November 27, 2024

A Tribute To PATCO, The Little Rail Line That Could

November 1, 2024

Shohei Ohtani Reverse Tungsten-Arms His Way Into A World Series Ring

October 31, 2024

If This World Series Ends In A Sweep, I Will Launch The Yankees Into The Sun

October 29, 2024

Dodgers Lifehack: Just Don’t Chase, Dummy

October 18, 2024

God Appears To Have Given The Mets A Big Sloppy Kiss On The Mouth

October 10, 2024

Nick Castellanos Answers The Mets’ Whimsy

October 7, 2024