The World Series gets back underway tonight in San Francisco. From my friend Ben Walker -- regular first baseman for Team New York in the annual media game -- here's a quirky story about lineup cards.

When Oregon State baseball coach Mitch Canham turned in his lineup card over the weekend before a game against Cal at Goss Stadium, it featured something it had not featured at any point in 2021 ...

The filling out of the lineup card has become a more scientific endeavor in the age of analytics. The second hitter used to be a man who could bunt; now it's a home run hitter like Mike Trout.

For virtually all of baseball history, the lineup card was a handwritten piece of cardboard, sketched personally by managers and coaches, then handed to the umpires minutes before the game.