Pine Tar Letter is a regular newsletter designed to deepen your understanding of the sport by celebrating its past and curating the most important stories from today.

We sift through 175+ years of baseball history, 20,000+ player biographies, and news from all 30 teams in the MLB to give you:

• One profile of an iconic player per email

• One highlight of what happened on this day in history.

• One roundup of today’s MLB news