Monthly Archives: April 2011

Sam Fuld: Learning the Legend

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ted

I don’t know where I first heard about Sam Fuld. I can’t recall whether it was a Jonah Keri tweet that alerted me to the remarkable feats of the 29-year-old out of Phillips Exeter Academy and Stanford via Durham, New … Continue reading →

Posted in Myth | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Pitchers and Poets Podcast 28: Yipisodes

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Eric

We’re still hammering out some details, like getting the podcast back in the iTunes store, but for now you can subscribe in iTunes yourself, or via any RSS reader. Just use this feed url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePitchersAndPoetsPodcast In iTunes, just click Advanced … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast | Leave a comment

Lightning Round: Otis Nixon’s Hair

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Eric

In search of a topic for today’s post, I solicited one on Twitter. I said I’d write for 45 minutes on whatever people came up with. The first topic submitted, by Pete Beatty, was “Otis Nixon’s Hair.” I have done … Continue reading →

Posted in Myth, Players | 6 Comments

The Stadium Experience: Defense

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Eric

I have recently come to believe that defense is the most important thing about watching baseball games in person. It occupies the most of our time, it captures the most of our imagination,  and in person,  it’s the easiest thing … Continue reading →

Posted in The Stadium Experience | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Pitchers and Poets Podcast 27: The Torre Conspiracy, with Alex Belth

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Eric

In this episode we are joined by Alex Belth, Sports Illustrated contributor, book writer, and longtime curator of the Bronx Banter Blog. We discuss the relative heartbreak of Yankee fans, the neuroces of attractive people, prehistoric blogging, discomforting hecklers, Gorman … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Cliff Lee and the Myth of the Moment

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ted

There was a shining half-season last year when Cliff Lee pitched for the Seattle Mariners, and every fourth day (the fifth belonging to King Felix) he’d pitch and push back against the growing realization that the team couldn’t hit its … Continue reading →

Posted in Myth, Players | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

The Angel of Life

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Eric

I turned on NPR yesterday to hear a couple of people who were not Frank Deford talking about the Dodgers being taken over by Major League Baseball. If you weren’t aware, the Dodgers have been taken over by Major League … Continue reading →

Posted in Myth, Thinking | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

P&P Conversations: The Mystics and Statistics

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Eric

Eric: The Cleveland Indians are in first place at 12-4. This wouldn’t matter to me normally. But the Indians are 12-4 on the back of a vigorously healthy Travis Hafner. Grady Sizemore just returned to the lineup after seven years … Continue reading →

Posted in PnP Conversations, Talking Baseball | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Situational Essay: The Language of Degree and Kind in Baseball and Life, by Paul Franz

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ted

This Situational Essay comes from friend of the blog and regular contributor Paul Franz, whose work you can find at his blog, Nicht Diese Tone. When we construct our little narratives to explain the strange things we see every day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Situational Essay | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Everyday Ichiro #003: The Middle

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Ted

A wet, stormy day in Kansas City, the broadcasters were practically calling this one before it started, hoping to make it official before the big blow moved in to stay. Even an early surge from the Royals this year wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Everyday Ichiro | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments