Introduction to Tinker Taylor Soler Spiezio

The Intersection of Baseball and Pop Culture

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 novel, a 1979 TV mini series, and a 2011 feature film starring Gary Oldman.

"I think the game of baseball is sort of perfect. There's just something about it.”

-Gary Oldman, from a 2012 ESPN interview

I couldn’t agree more, Gary.

Tinker Taylor Soler Spiezio is the Substack you’re currently reading, debating whether or not it deserves your email address.

Joe Tinker, Chris Taylor, Jorge Soler, and Scott Spiezio are all baseball players, each worthy of a novel, TV mini series, film, song, poem, feature story at The Athletic, the naming of your boat, or, at the very least, an interesting headstone.

Baseball can’t help but tell stories. Tinker Taylor Soler Spiezio will explore all the ways it is represented in media— songs, movies, books, TV... And how, by looking at the game, we can learn about ourselves.

Finally, here is our official TTSS Subastack banner (with the inspiring le Carré paperback cover).

In this spirit, TTSS endeavors to excavate pop cultural artifacts, dissect statistical anomalies, squeeze in too many puns, and impart a heartfelt love of the game in equal measure. Please join.