(Some of the) Best Baseball Writing of the 2012 Season by Jeremy Blachman October 17, 2012 As your playoff teams get eliminated, you need something to read. This is not an exhaustive list. That’s why we have a comments section. These are the best pieces I read (thanks, Instapaper!) since January. Share yours! (listed chronologically) Q&A: Ben Cherington, Red Sox GM David Laurila / FanGraphs / January 13, 2012 Will Cholesterol Kill Baseball? Matthew Futterman / WSJ / January 27, 2012 Managing Expectations: Baseball’s Next Big Inefficiency Ben Lindbergh / Baseball Prospectus / January 31, 2012 Game 162 Sam Fuld / Grantland / February 20, 2012 Perezence Rany Jazayerli / Rany on the Royals / February 28, 2012 On Bill James, the writer Kevin Arnovitz / ESPN.com / March 1, 2012 An American League Horror Story (Adam Dunn) Bradford Doolittle / Baseball Prospectus / March 9, 2012 A Nervous Exchange of Red Sox E-mails Bill Simmons and Michael Schur / Grantland / March 21, 2012 The Next Big Idea: Major League Teams Seek New Ways to Deconstruct Game Tyler Kepner / The New York Times / March 31, 2012 Emancipation of the Minors: Hundreds of pro baseball players make just $1,100 per month. Where is their César Chávez? Lily Rothman / Slate / April 3, 2012 Baseball, Finally (a story of high school baseball) Seth Sawyers / The Millions / April 4, 2012 The Lost Founder of Baseball Video Games Bess Kalb / Grantland / April 9, 2012 Old Fish, New Fish: The Marlins Get a Miami Makeover Ben McGrath / The New Yorker / April 9, 2012 NPR Interview Transcript: R.A. Dickey Fresh Air / NPR / April 12, 2012 Hell is Other People’s Fantasy Teams Pete Beatty / The Classical / April 16, 2012 The Glory and the Pain of Pitching Bob Ojeda / The New York Times / May 26, 2012 When History Sneaks Up On You (Johan Santana’s No-Hitter) John Branch / New York Times / June 2, 2012 Jim Eisenreich: No Place To Hide Bradford Doolittle / Baseball Prospectus / July 5, 2012 Baseball Coach Brings His Beautiful Calligraphy to the Dugout John Allemang / The Globe and Mail / July 15, 2012 Nationals Manager Davey Johnson is in the midst of one of his best seasons Thomas Boswell / The Washington Post / July 18, 2012 Royals Today: Trade Deadline Edition Rany Jazayerli / Rany and the Royals / July 28, 2012 Who’s Really To Blame for the Red Sox Apocalypse? Jonah Keri / Grantland / August 15, 2012 In French Baseball League, the Feel is more Minor than Major John Oudens / The New York Times / August 28, 2012 A Wing and a Prayer Joe Posnanski / Sports on Earth / September 10, 2012 17 Days in November (Greg Halman) Wright Thompson / ESPN.com / September 10, 2012 Moneyball 2.0: The Pitching Whisperer Kibby Kleiman / East Bay Express / September 12, 2012 The Playoff Push, Backwards Mississippi Matt Smith / NotGraphs / September 13, 2012 Wanted: Jewish Ballplayers Barry Bearak / The New York Times / September 18, 2012