Monthly Archives: August 2009

When Life Throws You Curveballs, You Take Them The Other Way

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Eric

In a literary sense, I sort of like clichés. Before they become hackneyed and mundane, they are tight exceptional metaphors and similes. The first time somebody compared his lover’s eyes to a glowing moon, or her beauty to a red … Continue reading →

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The State of the Cap

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Ted

There’s an interesting profile about the New Era hat makers in the New York Times today. It’s a business that has, more and more, catered to an audience outside of baseball purists, including fashion taste-makers. Despite the overall trend towards … Continue reading →

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Reminders

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Eric

August has been slow at Pitchers & Poets, but fear not. We’re getting back into the swing of things. Ted and I have a great new project underway (you’ll hear a lot about it in the coming weeks), and we’ve … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: The Ball Game

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Eric

This week’s poem by Robert Creeley comes to us via The Good Form,  a blog “where sports and poetry meet to talk it out.” The kind (and kindredly spirited) folks over there contacted us a few weeks ago, and we’re … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Jim Tracy

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Eric

Dear Spaghetti Arms, I try not to engage in criticism. That is, I try to avoid using this blog as a platform to shout about why a certain player should bat in a certain place, or why Joe Scouting Director … Continue reading →

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That Time of Year: The Baseball Season and its Stories Thus Far

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Ted

[Quick non-sequitorial question: am I the only one who leaves Fire Joe Morgan in my RSS reader, even though nothing new ever pops in, as a kind of memorial?] Yesterday, a friend of mine claimed she could smell Fall on … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: Brush Back

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Eric

This poem comes from a chapbook by Jilly Dybka called “Fair Territory.” You can download it here. For free. The poem’s relevance should be obvious in these trying times. Pardon the format:

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Grains of Loyalty: Staying True to Your Team in Traveling Times

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ted

Transience might be the defining characteristic of my generation, those in the ballpark of their twenties right now. It starts with college a thousand miles from home, then a junior year abroad, then post-college city-hopping to chase down entry-level jobs, … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: Pull Hitter

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ted

Mariner Russell Branyan is having his best year as a pro, the proverbial “career year.” Credit may go to a computer-aided eye exercise program, or to statistical anomaly, but the big lefty has kept the Ms over .500 and in … Continue reading →

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Catfish and the Centennial

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Eric

As of today Pitchers & Poets has enough posts for somebody (like  VH1 or Pitchfork or  Time Magazine or the Modern Library Association) to create a definitive and Important list of the  Top 100 Pitchers & Poets posts. Indeed this … Continue reading →

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