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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Everyday Ichiro #004: Memorial Day
I sat down to watch this Memorial Day game between the Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles expecting the bizarro Ichiro that has played in place of the eponymous protagonist of this series for the last few weeks; a shadow player … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Ichiro
Tagged baltimore orioles, ichiro suzuki, jake arrieta, seattle mariners
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Weekend Reading: The Glorious Return
Eric writes about Frank McCourt, Fred Wilpon, and the obligations owners and fans have to one another at Baseball Prospectus. David Cone is on his way to becoming the best player-turned-analyst ever. “I love Fangraphs,” and other choice quotes at … Continue reading
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Lightning Round: Steinbrenner and the Yankees Beard Ban
The P&P Lightning Round is an exercise in crowdsourcing and fast writing. Twitter suggests a topic. We spend 45 minutes writing about it. Then we post the results. New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon is barely hanging on. In pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Fashion, Teams
Tagged dictators, don mattingly, Facial Hair, George Steinbrenner
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Pitchers and Poets Podcast 30: The Fan Cave is Not Infinite
Ted and Eric discuss the mysteries of the MLB Fan Cave, the weirdness of Fred Wilpon, the 1990s First Basemen Week hangover, the golem that is Michael Pineda, Grizzly Giambi, and more. To subscribe in iTunes yourself, or via any … Continue reading
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Tagged fred wilpon, jason giambi, jose bautista, michael pineda, mlb fan cave, sadaharu oh jason vargas
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THANK YOU. We Chronicled An Era. #90s1BWeek
Dear Baseball Fans: These have been an epic two weeks. 1990s First Basemen Week started as a loose concept album, a free associative invitation to ramble. It is a testament to the magnetism of Mssrs McGwire, Vaughn, Bagwell, Olerud, Thomas, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s first basemen week, john olerud, Mark McGwire, thank you
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The Things We Shared
When this first base business is over, Eric Nusbaum will still be here. I admit there was a slightly cynical subtext to our early discussions about a 1990s first basemen week. On the one hand, the 90s first basemen topic … Continue reading
Baking the Perfect 1990s First Basemen with Kenneth Morgan
Kenneth Morgan, P&P’s resident statistician, helped kick off 1990s First Basemen Week by investigating the ultimate 1990s first baseman stat-line. Then throughout the last two weeks, you heard testimonies as to why certain players are the most 1990s first baseman. … Continue reading
Bob Hamelin: Almost Anything by Wes Marfield
Wes Marfield lives in Kansas City and perpetually believes the Royals have a chance to make the playoffs. His writing has appeared on Deadspin and CollegeHumor.com. He also Tweets infrequently @PapaMarf, though he mostly created his account for the Steve … Continue reading
Mark Grace: Lady’s Man by Jennifer Allen
Jennifer Allen is a diehard Cubs fan living in Alexandria, Virginia, with a large collection of recreational softball jerseys with the number “17” on the back. She is still waiting for her date with the now-single Grace. There is a … Continue reading