The View Level

Why Are People Mad About Jeff Kent Making the Hall of Fame?

A conversation with the great Ethan Strauss about baseball, the view from the sidelines, the conservative media meltdown, and more.

Dec 12 • Matt Welch

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July 2025

Baseball, and the Vanishing Act of Forgiveness

Can this weekend's Hall of Fame induction of Dick Allen and Dave Parker teach us a lesson about politics?

Jul 25 • Matt Welch

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May 2025

Free Pete Rose!

There is no question that Charlie Hustle defiantly broke the rules, but we love our baseball characters, warts and all.

May 14 • Matt Welch

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February 2024

The Year in Angels Cards, 1963: Peak Drunkard

Reviving the tradition of combing through every season’s Topps haul for secret histories and unusual delights

Feb 28, 2024 • Matt Welch

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April 2023

The Expensive, Seductive Nostalgia of Field of Dreams (Audio)

Why are so many filmgoers and politicians eager to prop up baseball's boondoggles?

Apr 9, 2023 • Matt Welch

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Never-Before Seen Fan Footage of Roger Maris’ #61!

New York artist Dave Cicirelli digitizes his dad’s old 8mm film of the historic homer.

Apr 8, 2023 • Matt Welch

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Costner and the Amazing Technicolor Nostalgia Machine

Please read my new Reason essay on Field of Dreams!

Apr 1, 2023 • Matt Welch

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March 2023

Ohtani Porn 2023: What if Mike Schmidt Pitched Like Jake Peavy?

You cannot predict Shohei, you can only hope to appreciate his artistry.

Mar 30, 2023 • Matt Welch

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Introducing The View Level

Because 2023 seems like a damn fine time to resume writing about baseball, the Angels, and the bloody intersection between politics and sports.

Mar 22, 2023 • Matt Welch

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October 2022

How Rare Is the Ohtani/Trout Squander?

Superstars on shit teams: A survey

Oct 1, 2022 • Matt Welch

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August 2022

7 Reasons Why I Should Be the Next Owner of the Angels

Only one of them involves my dad farting in a Pinto

Aug 26, 2022 • Matt Welch

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Field of Welfare: How COVID Funds Might Build a Money-Losing Ballpark in a Cornfield (Audio)

Is there a single movie more tied up with lousy government policy than Field of Dreams?

Aug 11, 2022 • Matt Welch

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