Monthly Archives: November 2011

Uniforms in Retrograde

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Ted

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles have each announced that they will revert to previously employed uniform logos. The Blue Jays will go with a slightly modified version of the bird head silhouette they sported from 1977 – … Continue reading →

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P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on The Art of Fielding: The Final Chapters

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Ted

Find more of Adam at Everyday Footnotes. There are many criteria we can use to judge a novel: our emotional investment in the characters, the ferocity of the drama, our remembrances of the book weeks, months, years later. Somehow each … Continue reading →

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Injury as Metaphor

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Patrick

It’s often the case that sportswriters are in the business of creating metaphors.  Certainly, there’s plenty of work to be done with regards to reporting the day’s events, at least until the robots take over.  But eventually, given the cyclical … Continue reading →

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Situational Essay: Zen and the Art of Scouting by Aaron Shinsano

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Ted

Aaron Shinsano is a baseball scout based out of Korea, as well as the co-founder of the influential Asian baseball blog East Windup Chronicle. Before I started scouting I was a writer. So even as I started to scout I … Continue reading →

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Situational Essay: A Cardinals Fan Reflects on the End of the La Russa Era

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Eric

Brian Kist writes the blog Punk On Deck. He’s on twitter, too, @punkondeck. The Cardinals did it.If I based fandom on general managing style or minor league makeup, I might have difficulty justifying this, my favorite team’s success. But since … Continue reading →

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