Lindsey Adler

New York

National Baseball Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

I cover baseball for the Wall Street Journal

Articles

Opinion | Why MLB investing in a new women’s softball league is smart business

3 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Lindsey Adler

The explosion of popularity in U.S. women’s sports has led Major League Baseball to an obvious conclusion: It’s time to invest in softball so that it can eventually reap the financial rewards. Unlike soccer, basketball and hockey however, baseball lacks a significant pipeline of amateur female talent in the United States. From an early age, girls are pushed out of baseball and into softball.
How Melody Beattie Defined ‘Codependency’

1 month ago | thecut.com | Lindsey Adler

Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos courtesy Nichole Beattie The concept of codependency was just psychology jargon when Melody Beattie, an addiction-recovery counselor, began writing the manuscript for her first book, Codependent No More. This was long before The Let Them Theory, or Set Boundaries, Find Peace, or the easy way so many millennials and Gen-Zers invoke the idea at the first whiff of a dysfunctional coupling today.
Brand New Tour, Same Old Question

2 months ago | defector.com | Lindsey Adler

It’s Halloween 2006, and I’m standing in the middle of the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines, Iowa. My bangs are side-swept and greasy, and I’m holding a newly purchased T-shirt that reads “FIGHT OFF YOUR DEMONS.” I’ve gone into the bathroom to check if my raccoon-style eyeliner looks intentionally smudged or just messy (the latter), but despite that, I’m feeling smug. No one in this historic venue knows this band like I do. Of this, I am sure—even to this day.
Skatistas voltam a desafiar a gravidade para aumentar representação nos Jogos Olímpicos

2 months ago | tribunaonline.com.br | Lindsey Adler

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Skatistas voltam a desafiar a gravidade para aumentar representação nos Jogos Olímpicos

2 months ago | estadao.com.br | Lindsey Adler

Tony Hawk levou o skate a novos patamares em 1999, quando, bem alto no halfpipe dos X Games, começou a girar furiosamente, completando 2,5 voltas no ar antes de pousar e deslizar tranquilo pela rampa. O 900 – assim nomeado pela quantidade de graus de rotação que o movimento requer – parecia impossível, mas Hawk, a maior estrela do skate, conseguiu, reescrevendo as regras do que poderia ser feito com o skate e levando o esporte a um público muito maior.
Looking For One of Tony Soprano’s Shirts? This Is the Guy You Call

2 months ago | gq.com | Lindsey Adler

Gabriel Marfisi, a 41-year-old fashion designer in Corsica, spends his free time the way a lot of people do: rewatching The Sopranos. He’s not turning on HBO’s mafioso masterpiece simply to follow along with Tony and his crew’s underhanded misadventures, however. Instead, he’s poring over the tape to learn as much as he can about the clothes they’re all wearing.
Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Lindsey Adler

Keith Meister, in the operating room of his private practice, draws a six-centimetre line on the elbow of a baseball pitcher. He slices the elbow open and stares into a mix of ligaments, tendons, and bone—any of which could be severely injured or disfigured. He pulls the player’s skin taut with a two-pronged retractor, then pulls out a modified arthroscopy camera and begins documenting the damage.
Tony Hawk Hopes Enthusiasm for Vert Skating Can Bring it Back to Olympics

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lindsey Adler

With the help of social media, a new generation is resurrecting the sport's most spectacular form. Tony Hawk hopes Olympic organizers are paying attention. Tony Hawk took skateboarding to new heights in 1999 when, high above a halfpipe at the X Games, he began furiously spinning, completing two and a half turns in the air before gliding gracefully back onto the ramp.
Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Lindsey Adler

What the heck is wrong with the Toronto Maple Leafs? If the Toronto Maple Leafs happened to win last night's game, please consider that this headline goes a lot deeper than one game (also, I wrote this …
The Millennial redemption arc

Mar 3, 2025 | embedded.substack.com | Lindsey Adler

Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci. Let’s not get carried away now, though… —KateMeanwhile, Embedded is Gen Alpha:Awards season is finally over, but the work of online fan accounts is timeless:For some time now, a Millennial was one of the worst things you could be online. As soon as a younger generation came in to skewer our mannerisms—saying “doggo,” pausing, making coffee a personality trait—it was game over.