Tyler Kepner
@TylerKepner
Senior Writer @TheAthleticMLB. Author of "K" (2019) and "The Grandest Stage" (2022). Reporter in quarter-zip in ep. #787 of The Simpsons. Immaculate Grid nerd.
Kepner: In the vintage village of Cooperstown, it’s still how you play the game that counts nytimes.com/athletic/65192…
Ichiro on his speech tomorrow: “Of course I’m nervous, and I probably should be preparing more. But this morning I actually went to the field and long-tossed and ran and did my workouts. So for me, I guess, that was more important.”
Sliders: For new Hall of Fame class, growing the game means rethinking the way in — plus Tom Hamilton’s influences, the lasting legacy of the “Diamond Kings”, and more from Cooperstown! nytimes.com/athletic/65089…
Hall Plaques: When posting for posterity in Cooperstown, oddities abound nytimes.com/athletic/65144…
Actual team uniforms and no advertising patches on the jerseys for the All-Star Game — and it’s glorious. (No helmet ads either.) For one night, @mlb gives itself the visual presentation it deserves.
Tonight’s bow tie for the 95th All-Star Game on FOX at 8 ET/5 PT: Stand Up 2 Cancer. In memory of Jim Henneman and Scott Miller. More: standuptocancer.org/?utm_referrer=… @SU2C
No. 1 pick Eli Willits was born six months after this memorable piece — by the great @ByLeeJenkins — about dad Reggie Willits of the Angels raising the family in a batting cage nytimes.com/2007/07/01/spo…
Great work by Tyler, turning Dave Parker's epic throw into must-read story-telling, 46 years after he unleashed it.
For this week's Sliders, I spoke with Brian Downing, Keith Hernandez, Lee Mazzilli and Larry Bowa about the late Dave Parker -- and the hellacious 1979 All-Star throw that finally lands in Cooperstown this month nytimes.com/athletic/64835…
For this week's Sliders, I spoke with Brian Downing, Keith Hernandez, Lee Mazzilli and Larry Bowa about the late Dave Parker -- and the hellacious 1979 All-Star throw that finally lands in Cooperstown this month nytimes.com/athletic/64835…
Outstanding reporting on the devastating Texas floods by my favorite writer, @lilykepner
Volunteers dedicate time to clean up at destroyed Georgetown RV Park statesman.com/story/news/202…
“Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain” episode 14 Guest: @TylerKepner One of the best MLB writers, Kepner started writing about baseball when he was 14. Listen to his origin story⤵️ 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bre… 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/1hTQJ7… 📺 youtu.be/wZICGbSxFIE?si…
I love the rule that every team has to have an All-Star. It sure helps for this story! Here's a team-by-team All-Quarter Century list of guys you might have forgotten were All-Stars nytimes.com/athletic/64786…
My favorite graf from the column: "For the 2008 season, Sabathia faced a staggering 1,023 batters. No pitcher has faced that many since, and the way the sport has evolved, nobody ever will." CC & MKE for life!
Summer Lovin', Had Me a Blast: How CC Sabathia's Milwaukee Moment Smoothed a Path to Cooperstown nytimes.com/athletic/64762…
You know who's on the 2025 All-Star team. Now here's an All-Quarter Century roster of standout players who never made it, from Eric Chavez to Travis Hafner to Kyle Hendricks and more nytimes.com/athletic/64753…
Now that’s a ticket…
Tickets are still available for tonight’s game featuring the first - and possibly only - ever matchup between The Miz and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw! brewers.com/tickets #ThisIsMyCrew I @Jmisiorowski9
Fun when you watch a guy pitch one day and plug him into a new Grid spot the next morning. Welcome, Rico Garcia! RS 1.
Loved this reminiscence from @TylerKepner on the 17th anniversary of the @CC_Sabathia trade. What a fun summer that was! nytimes.com/athletic/64762…