SOFTBALL
Natalie Weiner May 27, 2022. 3 minute read
Softball Is Proof Of Sports Investors’ Terrible Logic
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. When you’re a fan of women’s sports, it’s very hard…
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Natalie Weiner Oct 1, 2021. 12 minute read
Cat Osterman on Retirement, the State of Softball, and Why She Will Always Love the Art of Pitching
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Crowning GOATs is a fixation of contemporary sports media and fans, and is…
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Natalie Weiner Sep 17, 2021. 2 minute read
Letter of Recommendation: Athletes Unlimited Softball
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Sometimes, especially for those of us who work in and…
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Natalie Weiner Jun 4, 2021. 8 minute read
The Best Time I Spent 11 Hours At The Women’s College World Series
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. I’ve wanted to go to the Women’s College World Series for years. In…
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Natalie Weiner May 28, 2021. 2 minute read
51 Years of the Women’s College World Series
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. It took a man named Don “Pappy” Joe to create the Women’s College…
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Natalie Weiner May 21, 2021. 3 minute read
Five Reasons the NCAA Softball Tournament Is The Best Sporting Event You’re Not Watching (Yet)
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. It’s so often misunderstood as to bear perpetual repetition: the softball played by…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 30, 2021. 3 minute read
What We Talk About When We Talk About Gendered Sports
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Softball is, in America, mostly played by girls. Baseball is…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 16, 2021. 3 minute read
Why Women Athletes Have Earned The Right To Be Mad Online
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Asking athletes about things besides their play has historically been…
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Natalie Weiner Oct 9, 2020. 4 minute read
The Player-Centric Future of Pro Sports Looks Like this Brand New Softball League
2020 was supposed to be a big year for softball — a year when the popular sport could actually hope to claim some of the spotlight, thanks to its return to the Olympics (where the U.S. has historically dominated) after more than a decade’s absence. Then, obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic…
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