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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Poem of the Week: Baseball and Classicism
This poem by one Tom Clark descended on me from the heavens, like an omen presented by some ancient Greek god or goddess. Well actually, I saw it on the sidebar of Tampa outfielder Fernando Perez’s recent essay for the … Continue reading
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Weekend Reading: Twitpocalypse Now
Whoah, it’s a Weekend Reading post. Without further ado, your weekly dose of Robert Duvall and some nice bullet points: Matt Wieters! Dan Quisenberry! Fernando Perez, new Tampa Ray call up and old school South American poet, has penned a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Weekend Reading
Tagged Dan Quisenberry, Ernie Harwell, Fernando Perez, Journalism, Matt Wieters, Robert Duvall, Unions
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Minor League Prospects in Person: Perception, Reality, or Dizzy Bat Races?
I’m headed to a minor league game tonight between the Everett Aquasox and the Vancouver Canadians, a Northwest League short season A-ball match-up. A ritual that I like to go through before hitting a minor league park–aside from donning my … Continue reading
Posted in Conventional Wisdom
Tagged baseball prospects, dizzy bat races, minor league baseball
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Poem of the Week: Baseball Canto
This week’s poem comes a day late, but you know, at least it’s here. It’s a canto in the tradition of Ezra Pound, featuring an allusion to Ezra Pound, and written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti is (I’m pretty sure) a … Continue reading
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Tagged ezra pound, ginsberg, kerouac, lawrence ferlinghetti, Poem of the Week, Poetry
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Watching the Hero Walk Alone, Together: Ritual, Community, Power, and Baseball
I watched In the Loop this evening, which is a movie about politicos screaming at each other and forcing their will upon one another through devious and guttural means. It was great, a sort of power-wielding vicarious fantasy film, in … Continue reading