This Great Game Comebacker Archive

Take a look back in time to This Great Game’s popular Comebacker pages. Start here by selecting a year, then a month. We’re continuing to rebuild the archive after our recent site redesign, ultimately taking us back to 2015.

The Monthly Comebacker: 2019

The latest Year of the Home Run, cheating scandals and the rise of the belated rise of the Washington Nationals are just a few of the baseball stories we commented on throughout 2019.

The Monthly Comebacker: 2020

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on baseball, the (temporary?) rule changes as a result, and the rightful shaming of the cheating Houston Astros are just a few of the baseball stories we have been commenting on throughout 2020.

The Monthly Comebacker: 2021

Will the pandemic still have a crippling effect on baseball, and how will it affect increasingly tense relations between owners and players as a new collective bargaining agreement readies to be hashed out?