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The article analyzes third base coaching in American baseball. It attempts to determine whether the job of directing traffic on the bases is quantifiable. If it is measurable, the article asks whether some coaches can be said to be more skilled at this half of their job than their peers. The article discusses the publication of articles on the Baseball Prospectus Web site which endeavored to more formally quantify base running by developing a series of metrics measured in terms of runs.

The article discusses the victory of businessman Donald Trump in the presidential election in the U.S. on November 13, 2016, and its impact on artists, minorities and the gay community, as well as on culture.