This One's For Nick

New York Times

Here are some links that I’ve enjoyed this week.

– Tyler Kepner of The New York Times writes a lengthy Sunday article on baseball and how it is ever changing.

– Author Colum McCann has an essay in today’s NYT about how baseball has made its way into the Irish immigrants life.

– The Classical has a nice article about Chipper Jones, who announced earlier this spring that he would be retiring after this season.

– Matthew Futterman of The Wall Street Journal explains why Los Angeles is becoming the city that fans didn’t know existed. With the help of Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson, and Matt Kemp; Los Angeles rivals the East Coast as the baseball hotspot. Futterman looks into the business side, as well.