Hannah Keyser

New York

Baseball Writer at Yahoo

shameless bandwagoner, scrapple enthusiast, fount of vehement inconsequential convictions, baseball writer. [email protected]

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#14 Relievers know everyone thinks they're what's wrong with baseball

1 day ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser |Zach Crizer

Hey, it’s Zach. We launched The Bandwagon one month ago, as of tomorrow. and have not yet died of dysentery. First, thank you for coming along for the ride. We really could not be doing this without your support. If you haven’t already, consider becoming a paying subscriber or sharing The Bandwagon with a friend. Every new member adds to the experience. This week, we’re doing something new (and old).
#13: Behold the peak of Aaron Judge

3 days ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser |Zach Crizer

Does this statistic mean anything? On Sunday, the scuffling Braves (8-13) beat the free-falling Twins (7-15). This was the Braves’ 11th consecutive victory over the Twins, dating back to August 6, 2019. That ties the longest active win streak against a specific opponent with the Rangers’ 11 straight victories over the White Sox.
#11: On the chilling meaninglessness of the Dodgers' visit to the Trump White House

1 week ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser

I’ll start with the kicker. Because why not? There is no turn of phrase that will meaningfully soften or sharpen the situation. There’s no moral, catharsis, or conclusion coming. So here’s where we’re headed: Maybe we don’t need symbolic victories in the face of how bad things are. Maybe the value of sports to reflect the larger societal issues on a stage that’s built for attracting viewership is rendered a little moot by the oppressiveness of the actual news.
#8: (Kick) change for the sake of change

2 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Zach Crizer |Hannah Keyser

Hey, Hannah here and I have to issue a correction. I was in the Mets clubhouse on Monday and noticed Francisco Lindor was … wearing the same pants that he had sported for the home opener! The ones I was so enamored with that I led last newsletter with them! I wrote then that I wasn’t confident I had come up with the right brand and I was right to hedge because I had not. The jacket was Bottega Veneta but the pants — which were more denim-y than I realized — are Jacquemus.
Francisco Lindor is the best at getting better at the plate throughout the game - he explains why

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Hannah Keyser

Francisco Lindor is thinking about a game against the Miami Marlins about a week ago. In the first at-bat against Sandy Alcántara — the Cy Young award-winner who returned to the mound this season after missing a year — Lindor got ahead 2-1 before Alcántara induced a weak ground out.
We debate: Are the Dodgers too good for baseball’s own good?

2 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser |Zach Crizer

I went to the Mets home opener on Friday and wore a mismatched oversized pink pantsuit from Me+Em. This is Hannah by the way, if you couldn’t already tell. Francisco Lindor was there as well. He aggressively stretched a single off the bat into a close-call double, scored, stole a base, did some other stuff I forget, and wore a very memorable outfit before changing into his uniform.
#6: Short memories and long contracts

2 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser |Zach Crizer

Happy Friday, Zach here this morning. Extension season has been … extended, apparently. Since stateside Opening Day a week ago, the Padres have locked up NL Rookie of the Year runner-up Jackson Merrill for at least nine years. The Red Sox have secured offseason trade prize Garrett Crochet and top prospect Kristian Campbell long-term. And the Diamondbacks have re-upped star second baseman Ketel Marte.
#5: Meet the man who brought detailed MLB salaries into the public eye

3 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Hannah Keyser

Hello and happy April, Zach here. Hannah has a fascinating conversation today with the reporter whose dogged and detailed work is the reason you know MLB payroll numbers, information it’s hard to imagine not having. But first: A different conversation. The Torpedo Bat Conversation. If you’re the resident baseball-knower in anyone’s life, you’re probably fielding questions you never anticipated, from people you never anticipated asking them, all of a week into the new season.
#4: Zach says the Astros won the Kyle Tucker trade

3 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Zach Crizer |Hannah Keyser

The bats are too good, folks. Hannah here and I know we said we weren’t going to just regurgitate the headlines, but everyone is obsessed with the bats that are not bigger, per se, but are more shapely in all the right places. They’re Rubenesque. The first weekend of the baseball season gave us our first unexpected storyline to sweep the sport. The Yankees are using bats shaped like a brontosauruses according to Monty Python and now they simply can’t stop hitting home runs.
#3: What are you rooting for?

3 weeks ago | bandwagon.substack.com | Zach Crizer |Hannah Keyser

Hi, it’s Hannah, writing this while watching meaningful baseball for the first time in five months! (To be even more specific: I was writing that while Austin Wells was hitting a lead-off home run for the Yankees.