Monthly Archives: March 2009

Weekend Reading: Albert Pujols, Japan’s Yu Darvish, SABR Archive

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Eric

Something for everybody this weekend, and even a Thomas Friedman reference: First, Joe Posnanski is at his best in this profile of Albert Pujols for Sports Illustrated. Pujols isn’t the most charismatic guy, and with the numbers he puts up … Continue reading →

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Baseball Funnies: Ichiro, Lasorda, & The Babe (Sorta)

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Eric

Two funny baseball anecdotes passed on by friend Josh: Comic: New goal: find more comics, links, stories that do what this strip did: take old golden baseball cliches and turn them on their heads. …and this priceless exchange between Ichiro … Continue reading →

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The Death Of A Pitcher

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Eric

So this piece has been selected for the 2010 edition of Best American Sports Writing. Pretty amazing. It’s one of the first serious posts I ever did for this website and something that honored or not, I’m very proud to … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: ‘The Crowd At The Ball Game’

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Eric

Poem Of The Week: The Crowd At The Ball Game By William Carlos Williams The crowd at the ball game is moved uniformly by a spirit of uselessness which delights them — all the exciting detail of the chase and … Continue reading →

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WBC Diplomacy: Hugo Chavez Is Touchy

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Eric

Another great thing about the World Baseball Classic: potential for awkward international political incident. If you think the Obama administration calling out Rush Limbaugh and CNBC was bush league or unpresidential, get a load of Hugo Chavez. Chavez has now … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: ‘As They See ‘Em’ (First Chapter)

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Eric

New York Times theater critic and reporter Bruce Weber (not the basketball coach) went to umpire school to write a book. That book,  ‘As They See ‘Em’ is out now. Read the first chapter here. Or save yourself twenty minutes … Continue reading →

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Thursday Links: Growing Up, Growing Old

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Eric

‘Soccer Is Ruining America’ says Steven Webb over at First Things, it corrupts our youth. The answer? More Baseball. He’s really serious, and Britain is none too pleased. (h/t on all this to Andrew Sullivan.) Everybody just needs to look … Continue reading →

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The Netherlands Wins!…Or Is It Win?

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Eric

I have not watched a single inning of the World Baseball Classic. And it shouldn’t have taken a jaw-dropping upset to remind me what a shameful thing that was. But it did, and I missed the Netherlands edging the Dominican … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: The Man into Whose Yard You/Should Not Hit Your Ball

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Eric

Because this site is called Pitchers & Poets, and because we all need a little more poetry in our lives (I really believe that but only in the literal sense), this website will include some poems. They won’t be especially … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Baseball Mixtape

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Eric

One of the goals here is to keep tabs of baseball and its representation in art. Some of it will be popular, some of it won’t. So along those lines, I’m starting the Baseball Mixtape project. Call it a collage … Continue reading →

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