Road Grays

24/08/2021

LAST CHANCE! We’ll be shutting down our online shop on September 1. If you’re still missing either of our issues, or if you want to stock up on gifts (nothing wrong with planning ahead for the holiday season!) — now’s the time!

As a reminder, our clearance sale is still on (until 9/1 or we run out!): $7 per issue, FREE shipping, U.S. addresses only.
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Road Grays is an independent print-only publication about baseball, focused on the human stories behind the game. We made two issues, both of which are still available:

14/08/2021

On this day in 1922, Lizzie Murphy joined a team of AL all-stars in a charity exhibition game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. When she entered the game at first base, she became the first woman to play against major league competition.

25/07/2021

Back in the news! In our second issue we published this article by Jason Plautz about the post-Wahoo apparel economy in Cleveland. Whether you're a fan of "Guardians" or not, it's still relevant—order a copy (at clearance prices!) at https://roadgraysmag.com

21/06/2021

In case you missed it: Both of our issues are on sale now, for just $7 each with free shipping.* Grab em for yourself or a friend, while you still can! https://roadgraysmag.com
*(We’re only selling to U.S. addresses from now on—sorry!)

10/06/2021

Dear readers, supporters, and friends:
Last year, we announced a pause in our operations, and we promised we’d soon make a decision on Road Grays’s future. Today I want to tell you that we’re officially ending the magazine, and we won’t be publishing any more issues.
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The reality is that we never sold enough copies of the magazine to break even financially. Profit was never our primary motive, but we reached a point where we couldn’t keep pouring money into a project that wasn’t getting any closer to paying for itself. We could have chased other funding sources in the hopes of growing enough to become sustainable. But that path comes with additional responsibilities and obligations, and this was always supposed to be a fun side project, not a job.
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So over the past year or so, we’ve instead considered options for reimagining Road Grays as something cheaper and easier to produce. Could we lower the quality of the paper and printing? Drop the page count? Find more ways to use cheap or free content? But none of those options felt right. We decided it’s better to end it now than to water it down.
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When we started this project in 2018, the goal was to create a print publication that felt timeless, that would still be relevant if you came across it years later—and I think we achieved that. Even though the magazine was short-lived, the caliber of work we published is something we’ll always be proud of.
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To everyone who played a part in the magazine (whether with words, art, assistance, or advice), and to all our backers, readers, and supporters: Thank you! This journey has been a blast, and it wouldn’t have been the same without you.
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If I could ask one last favor… We still have some copies of both issues, and we’d love your help getting them into readers’ hands. Our online shop remains open, and we’ve just launched a clearance sale—each issue is now only $7, with FREE shipping. (To make this feasible, we are only shipping to U.S. addresses from now on.) Tell a friend! Or send them a gift! They’ll love it.


With gratitude,

Austin Stahl

Editor & Creative Director, Road Grays

28/05/2021

On this day in 1957, National League owners held a vote that cleared the way for the Dodgers and Giants to move west the following year. (For a story about the unbuilt Dodgers domed stadium that might have been, pick up a copy of Road Grays No.2.)

25/05/2021

We’ve heard that Road Grays makes a great gift... for a father or for any baseball lover you might know. (Order at roadgraysmag.com)

22/05/2021

On this day in 1982, Mario Mendoza reached on a fielder’s choice in his final MLB at-bat, ending his career with a .215 batting average. (Yes, the guy who inspired the so-called “Mendoza Line” had a career BA above that line.)

20/05/2021

Happy ! Here’s one of ours, keeping us company at Road Grays HQ while we worked on the first issue a couple years ago.

18/05/2021

On this day in 1897, Bill Joyce hit a record 4 triples in one game for the Giants. Nicknamed “Scrappy,” Joyce was a colorful character known for his jokes—and for arguing with umpires. (He’s pictured here as a Washington Senator, a few years before his four-triple feat.)

12/05/2021

On this day in 1970, Ernie Banks hit his 500th home run.

10/05/2021

On this day in 1967, Hank Aaron hit the only inside-the-park home run of his career (number 448 overall).

01/04/2021

Happy Opening Day! No fooling: We’re having an Opening Day-only FLASH SALE! Both issues of Road Grays are just $6 each, today (4/1/21) only, at https://roadgraysmag.com/shop.

Enjoy the games and stay safe out there!