You know who won. This book argues about who decided it.

What you are buying

One PDF file. You download it and you keep it. No app, no login, no course platform, no subscription, no drip content.

105 pages. 31,883 words. Thirty chapters, one game in each.

Twenty-two of the thirty are postseason games: all seven World Series games, four from the American League Championship Series, two from the National League Championship Series, seven from the division series round, and two from the wild card round. The other eight are seven regular season nights and the All-Star Game.

Nineteen of the thirty clubs appear in the games covered. The full list is on this page, above the buy button. If your team is not on it, your team is not in the book.

This is not a record of the 2025 season and it does not try to be. It is an argument about the nights that decided it.

That is the whole of it. There is nothing behind a second purchase.

What is in each chapter

Every chapter follows the same shape, so once you know where things sit on the page you can find them without reading around them.

• The setup. The date and the venue in every chapter. The attendance in 22 of the 30, the duration in 21, and where the series stood in 21. Where a detail could not be verified it was left out rather than guessed at, so the chapters are not uniform here and this page will not pretend they are.
• How they lined up. Both clubs’ batting orders with positions, the starting pitchers, the in-game substitutions, and the relievers used. This runs in 21 of the 30 chapters.
• Who shaped it. The heading used in the other nine chapters, where a printed batting order would misrepresent the game. It names who did the damage instead of printing a lineup card.
• How it unfolded. The narrative of how the game actually went, inning by inning. In all 30 chapters.
• Grades. Players grouped under their club’s name and scored out of ten, each with a one-line stat summary and a one-line justification. In all 30 chapters.
• The verdict. The closing argument, in the first person, on what the game turned on and which decision I would change. In all 30 chapters.

The grades are opinions. They are meant to be argued with.

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Who this is for, and who it is not for

How this was put together

The games were chosen first and the writing came second. Twenty-two of them chose themselves, because they were the postseason games that decided something. The other eight had to earn a place next to October.

The order is by round, then chronological inside each round. The World Series first, all seven games, in order. Then the two league championship series, then the division series, then the wild card round, then the regular season nights.

A few rules were set before a word was written, and they held all the way through.

Fact and opinion are kept apart. Scores, dates, attendance figures, batting orders and pitching lines are matters of public record. The commentary, the grades and the verdicts are the author’s own. The book never dresses one up as the other, and neither does this page.

Where a detail could not be verified it was left out rather than guessed at. Some chapters carry an attendance figure and a duration. Some carry neither. That difference is not a stylistic choice. It is the difference between a number that could be checked and one that could not.

A lineup card is printed only where it tells the truth. Twenty-one chapters print both batting orders. Nine do not, because in a game where both managers emptied the bench by the seventh inning, or where one hitter came to the plate six times and hit four home runs, a printed batting order would misrepresent what happened.

Nobody is quoted. There are no broadcast calls, no press conference lines, no player interviews, no sentences lifted from anywhere. Every line in the book was written rather than collected.

The grades are argued, not assigned. Each one carries the stat line it rests on and a single line saying why. A 10 has to be defended in the same space as a 2.

No credentials are claimed. This book does not ask you to trust a person. It asks you to read one chapter about a game you already watched and decide whether the reading of it is better than yours. If it is not, the refund is below.

30 days

Buy it, read the chapter on a game you watched, and decide.

If it is not what you expected, email the address in the footer within 30 days of purchase and you get your money back. You do not need to give a reason and there is nothing to send back.

There are no reviews on this page because the book is new and there are no customers yet. The refund is there instead.

That is the whole policy.

Questions

What format is it, and how do I get it?

A single PDF, 105 pages. It downloads immediately after purchase. No app, no login. Once it is downloaded the file is yours. Read it on a phone, a tablet or a computer, or print the chapters you want.

Is this connected to Major League Baseball in any way?

No. This is an independent work of commentary and analysis. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or licensed by Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB Advanced Media, or any Major League Baseball club. Team and player names appear only to identify who is being discussed.

What is not in this book?

Box scores. A statistical line for every player who appeared. Play by play. Advanced metrics. Photographs of players, uniforms or ballparks. Quotations from anybody. And any game from 2025 that is not one of the thirty listed above. What it carries is the batting orders, the narrative, the grades and the verdicts.

Is my team in it?

Check the list above. Nineteen of the thirty clubs appear in these games. If your club is not on that list, it is not in the book. The list sits above the buy button for exactly that reason.

Does it cover the regular season, or only October?

Both. Twenty-two postseason games, seven regular season games, and the All-Star Game. The regular season nights were chosen for what happened in them.

Are the grades objective?

No, and the book says so. They are one person’s opinion, scored out of ten, written to be argued with. Each grade carries the stat line it is based on and one line explaining it, so you can see the reasoning and reject it on the same page.

Will this help me predict anything, or bet on a game?

No. Every game in this book has already been played. It makes no predictions, it is not a betting guide, and nothing in it is aimed at a game that has not happened yet.

Why are there no reviews on this page?

Because the book is new and there are no customers yet. Posting a review before there is a reader would be a lie. The 30-day refund is there instead. When there are real reviews, they will go here.