A daily fact from the deep grass of baseball history · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch
Established August 2026 · Kirkland, Wash.
TODAY'S EDITION — №1: The Two Max Muncys. Baseball contains two men named Max Muncy, and one birthday between them. Plus Yesterday's Nines and the first entries in the Hook Ledger.
What this is
Every day, one fact from the deep grass — some known, most derived fresh from the historical record by comparing box scores the way our card game compares careers. Regular departments: Yesterday's Nines (the best day at every position, boxed as a game never played), the Hook Ledger (managerial pitching decisions, graded in hindsight, which is the court that judges managers anyway), the date's almanac, and the Pea Patch Ledger. Sundays bring The Rhubarb, the weekly roundup; the first of the month brings Tall Cotton, the monthly review. The name is Red Barber's: a man in the catbird seat is sitting pretty, and so is a reader with the day's strangest fact in his pocket.
The editions
- №1 · Wed., Aug. 26, 2026
The Two Max Muncys — one birthday between them; the Americans take Yesterday's Nines 17–10; the Hook Ledger opens for business.
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THE CATBIRD SEAT is set each day by the Rules Committee of
Tearing Up the Pea Patch, a Macguffin Co. game. Named for the broadcaster Red Barber, who sat there first. Yesterday's figures compiled from the day's box scores; historical matters cited to the record.
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