Baseball magazines today

ForeverRoyalKC · 06-06-2019, 09:12 PM

Do any of you have subscriptions to some of the paper baseball magazines like Baseball Digest? I had thought about a subscription to it and wondered if it was worth it. I used to get it when I was about 10 years old.
Thanks.

BirdWatcher · 06-07-2019, 11:18 AM

I don't have any subscriptions but I am a faithful reader of Baseball America. Like you I subscribed to Baseball Digest when I was much younger. I still pick up a copy now and then. In some ways it hasn't changed a lot (although the size format is much different.) It's not a great magazine but it is sort of a comforting old friend. (Now what I really miss- which I also had a subscription to as a kid- is the old Sporting News.)

My best subscription is digital- The Athletic. Great baseball coverage and much more.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 06-07-2019, 04:31 PM

I still pick up Baseball Digest on the newsstand. It's all right, but a bit overpriced, and not what it was back in the day, when it was still a proper digest.

I remember the first one I ever bought. May 1985. Walgreens, Vincennes, IN. Tony Gwynn on the cover. I was 11. Man, those were the days.

Antonin · 07-04-2019, 11:03 AM

These days it's difficult to find places that sell hard copy baseball publications. In the early 90s there was a baseball weekly from USA Today that they carried on the magazine rack at the gas station.

BaseballMan · 07-04-2019, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

These days it's difficult to find places that sell hard copy baseball publications. In the early 90s there was a baseball weekly from USA Today that they carried on the magazine rack at the gas station.

Yeah i remember around 1993 when Baseball Weekly ran a tournament with
great players being the only player in the field except for the pitcher.
Basically a team of Ruth's vs a team of Cobb's. I forgot who ended up winning.

Orioles1966 · 07-04-2019, 11:40 AM

I miss The Sporting News when they published all the major pro sports box scores (or summaries).

I still have some complete years(1962,1967 until shortly before they stopped being a weekly publication ) .

Tiger Fan · 07-04-2019, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BirdWatcher

My best subscription is digital- The Athletic. Great baseball coverage and much more.

I loved reading The Sporting News and The Hockey News as a kid. Had subscriptions to both. I agree The Athletic is fantastic now. Use the app daily. Kind of reminds me of a digital version of Frank Deford’s The National - an amazing but short-lived daily sports newspaper in the early 90s.

BMW · 07-04-2019, 01:25 PM

I used to get the Baseball Digest, Baseball Weekly and The National.

I'd almost call The National a print version of a modern sports news website!

To be honest, I was such a numbers person I rarely got them for the articles, I usually got them for the stats. I would cherish the first issue in October that would come out with the end of season stats!

06-06-2019, 09:12 PM	#1
ForeverRoyalKC All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hop, skip and a jump from Pomme De Terre Lake, MO. Posts: 1,226	Baseball magazines today Do any of you have subscriptions to some of the paper baseball magazines like Baseball Digest? I had thought about a subscription to it and wondered if it was worth it. I used to get it when I was about 10 years old. Thanks.

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ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,429	I still pick up Baseball Digest on the newsstand. It's all right, but a bit overpriced, and not what it was back in the day, when it was still a proper digest. I remember the first one I ever bought. May 1985. Walgreens, Vincennes, IN. Tony Gwynn on the cover. I was 11. Man, those were the days. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

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Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,553	These days it's difficult to find places that sell hard copy baseball publications. In the early 90s there was a baseball weekly from USA Today that they carried on the magazine rack at the gas station. __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

07-04-2019, 01:25 PM	#8
BMW Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,030	I used to get the Baseball Digest, Baseball Weekly and The National. I'd almost call The National a print version of a modern sports news website! To be honest, I was such a numbers person I rarely got them for the articles, I usually got them for the stats. I would cherish the first issue in October that would come out with the end of season stats! __________________

06-07-2019, 11:18 AM	#2
BirdWatcher Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 4,263	I don't have any subscriptions but I am a faithful reader of Baseball America. Like you I subscribed to Baseball Digest when I was much younger. I still pick up a copy now and then. In some ways it hasn't changed a lot (although the size format is much different.) It's not a great magazine but it is sort of a comforting old friend. (Now what I really miss- which I also had a subscription to as a kid- is the old Sporting News.) My best subscription is digital- The Athletic. Great baseball coverage and much more.

07-04-2019, 11:40 AM	#6
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	I miss The Sporting News when they published all the major pro sports box scores (or summaries). I still have some complete years(1962,1967 until shortly before they stopped being a weekly publication ) .