Monthly Archives: March 2011

P&P All-Day MLB Opening Day Live Chat 2011

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Ted

P&P All-Day Opening Day Live Chat 2011

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Bill James, Sigh

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Eric

Bill James writes an interesting but extremely flawed article about why we’re so good at developing baseball players, but so lousy at developing writers in Slate. Since the piece is called “Shakespeare and Verlander,” and our site is called Pitchers … Continue reading →

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Rogue’s Baseball Index: The Tater Trot

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Eric

Larry Granillo of Baseball Prospectus — where this will be cross-posted — and the legendary Wezen-Ball contributes this term: The pitcher glowers over the edge of his mitt, staring in at the catcher. A barely perceptible nod of the head … Continue reading →

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Invisible Threads

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Ted

Through the fifteenth century, the people of the Thrace used the phrase, “keeping Hosmer’s contacts away” as an idiom meaning “good luck.” The quotation above comes from the impressive “A Paragraph About Eric Hosmer Written in the Style of The … Continue reading →

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An Unpretentious Jovial Appreciation for Everything

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Eric

Mike Sweeney never hit 30 homeruns in a season. For this and many other reasons, he was the kind of ballplayer children with big league dreams but a strong sense of their own limitations could aspire to be. If you … Continue reading →

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Will They Suck? Sure

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Eric

Corban Goble is a Royals fan. He writes about music for Time Out New York. I’m a Royals fan. And yeah, I’ve taken plenty of shit about it. To people more well-versed in the regal baseball traditions of the East … Continue reading →

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Vin Scully’s Scorebook

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Eric

I spoke with Ken Levine, television writer and Mariners’ broadcaster, last week for an article I’m writing elsewhere. The conversation turned at one point to scorekeeping, and he shared this tidbit on Vin Scully: Normally I can look over somebody’s … Continue reading →

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The Jersey Draft

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Eric

In another fit of list-making compulsion, Ted sent me an email yesterday with some major league player jerseys he would actually wear. His impetus was what he called the “wave of fashion and design” this blog is riding. He sees … Continue reading →

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Pitchers and Poets Podcast 25: Three Feet Above the Ground

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ted

The podcast is back! In this latest episode, Eric and I discuss alternate scorekeeping ideas, the best and worst cap design list, and the most stereotypical representatives of each position. We’re still hammering out some details, like getting the podcast … Continue reading →

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Ben Lyon on The Greatest Debates

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ted

Pitchers and Poets contributor Ben Lyon, a lawyer in Chicago, pipes up this week with a look back in time, to several of the great debates that have shaped the course of history. These are heady times for the sports … Continue reading →

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