Take me out to the ballgame... (Photo of Danny Espinosa by John McDonnell / The Washington Post)

The 2016 baseball season starts up this week, as stadiums around the country host their opening-day games. In honor of this, I thought I'd spotlight Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell's poetic analysis of what leadership looks like in baseball.

"Baseball and leadership have an uneasy relationship, a marriage of inconvenience," Boswell writes. He looked back over the more than 100 players who made it into the hall of fame since he started covering the sport, and decided—by his count—that only about 30 percent exhibited what we would identify as classic leadership traits. "The large majority only led by their example of hard work or studying the details of their craft."

Boswell's analysis takes some beautiful turns, commenting on the "bland corporate types" who are more commonly hired as baseball managers today and then noting his appreciation for a coach who "understands that chemistry, that famous, good-clubhouse vibe, is built, in part, on a boss who pays attention to small kindnesses and personal consideration."

You can read his piece here.

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING THIS WEEK:

* In one of the biggest leaks of financial and legal papers in history, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on Sunday began publication of the Panama Papers, which shows how political and business elites around the world shelter their money in offshore tax havens. We're keeping an eye on what fallout and further investigations unfold.

* It's a big sports week. March Madness is about to draw to a close as Villanova and North Carolina compete tonight for the NCAA men's basketball championship.

* Then on Tuesday night we'll watch Syracuse, which has never even made it to the Sweet Sixteen before this year, go up against No. 1 seed Connecticut in the NCAA women's finals.