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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Pitchers & Poets Style Academy, Volume 1: The Best and the Worst
Fashion blogs are all over the Internet these days, from the Sartorialist’s style-making streetside photos to 1990s First Basemen Week contributor Jesse Thorn and his men’s fashion blog Put This On. Troops of professionals and weekend stylists scour the streets of … Continue reading
The Joba File: Private Anxiety Made Public in Baseball’s Age of Potential
Joba Chamberlain elicits a negative response from the average baseball fan that far outweighs his time spent as a big league pitcher. For a few years, Chamberlain was the lightning rod for Yankee-hating, embodying what outsiders disliked about the team. … Continue reading
A River Slums Through It by Jesse Gloyd
Jesse Gloyd is a writer after our own hearts, and we strongly suggest his work at his blog, Buckshot Boogaloo. His Twitter tag is @jessejamesgloyd. I went fishing on Saturday. I went with an old friend. My friend works for … Continue reading
Posted in America, Situational Essay
Tagged frank mccourt, los angeles dodgers, los angeles river
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Reviewing the ilovetoscore Scorebook
I promised awhile ago, circa Scorekeeping Week, that I would use and review the ilovetoscore.com scorebook, produced and offered for sale by Michael Schwartz. Well, I finally got out to the ballpark to take it for a spin. First Impressions … Continue reading
The Man Who Couldn’t Hit
On May 25, 1972, Frank Fernandez pinch hit for Cubs starter Bill Hands in the sixth inning, grounded out to third base, and returned to the dugout. It was his final at-bat. Because of it, he had unknowingly put himself … Continue reading
Bud Selig Paid Me A Million Dollars To Stalk J.D. Salinger by Bob Costuz
Bud Selig paid me a million dollars to hand-deliver an All-Century Team ballot to J.D. Salinger. It sounds incredible, but remember, those were strange times: it was the baroque period of the Steroid Era and Bud Selig was the most … Continue reading
Weekend Reading: Names
What We Carry, by Ted Berg, on what ballplayers can mean. Space, Time, and DVR Mechanics, by Chuck Klosterman on Grantland. CK is easily my favorite contributor to the quite remarkable Grantland stable. Here, he explores what is, for me, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekend Reading
Tagged Alex Belth, Chuck Klosterman, dustin ackley, mike stanton
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Finding Jered: Angertainment and the Reluctant Appreciation of an Ace
My wife really eats up Sarah Palin news. She could watch YouTube videos of the absentee Alaskan all day long. Angertainment, she calls it: the practice of watching something because you can’t stand the subject, and bashing them gives you … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball the Teacher, Players
Tagged angertainment, jered weaver, los angeles angels of anaheim, seattle mariners
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On Narratives and Realignment
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to bring you Patrick Dubuque’s first post as this summer’s Bill Spaceman Lee Visiting Professor for Baseball Exploration. Please enjoy: “The broken flower drooped over Ben’s fist and his eyes were empty and blue and … Continue reading