Author Archives: Ted

P&P Reading Club: Patrick Dubuque on The Art of Fielding Chapters 1 -17

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ted

Find Patrick right here, and at Notgraphs. In my opinion, one of the most interesting aspects of the novel thus far is the excerpt from The Art of Fielding within the actual novel. The rules read as though they pertain … Continue reading →

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P&P Reading Club: Carson Cistulli on The Art of Fielding Chapters 1 -17

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ted

Find Carson at Fangraphs and Notgraphs. The achievement, for me, of the first 100 pages is two of its characters — both (a) the mythical shortstop (and hero of protagonist Henry Skrimshander) Aparicio Rodriguez, whose (fake) book The Art of … Continue reading →

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P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on The Art of Fielding Chapters 1 -17

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ted

Find more of Adam at Everyday Footnotes. Mea culpa guys! I mistakenly purchased The Art of Fiedler, an 81-chapter critical biography of the famed Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler, so if I lapse into commentary about his early training at … Continue reading →

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P&P Reading Club: Ted Walker on The Art of Fielding Chapters 1 -17

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ted

The characters who trawl the idyllic college campus of The Art of Fielding include a virtuosic young shortstop from the sticks who, though away from his small-time hometown for the first time, eschews romance and booze in favor of stadium … Continue reading →

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Get to Readin’! The P&P Reading Club Is Go For Launch Next Wednesday

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Ted

Pitchers & Poets Reading Club participants, it’s time to pick up your copy of the scorching hot best-selling novel The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, because we are about to get rolling! This week, we’re going to feature some thoughts … Continue reading →

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The Chains of Victory: Stephen P. King Calls It Quits by Clam Simmons

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Ted

Clam Simmons is a librarian living in New England. You can find his ongoing investigation of the 1994 Kansas City Royals at the Royals Review. Clam also heads up the Twitter division of the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute at … Continue reading →

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The Best Show, the Best Game and the Boundaries of Every Creative Universe

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ted

“WFMU, you’re on the air.” With that simple phrase, delivered honestly and expectantly, host Tom Scharpling starts most of the phone calls in to his Best Show on WFMU (iTunes link here). The voice that chirps up is often idiosyncratically familiar, … Continue reading →

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Too Many Xs by Jesse Gloyd

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Ted

Jesse Gloyd lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, my new favorite American neighborhood. Buckshot Boogaloo is his web site, where you’ll find thoughtful and valuable essays, and the Buckshot Boogaloo podcast. I’m trying to catch the perfect mood, the … Continue reading →

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Situational Essay: Of Broken Bats and Broken Bottles: Athletes, Musicians, and The Number 27 by Simon Broder

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Ted

Simon Broder is a starving writer and Blue Jays fan living, working and ostensibly writing his first novel in Victoria, BC. He blogs about the Jays at .363. My first favourite number wasn’t twenty-seven. It was 3. Three, because three … Continue reading →

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Foamer Night: Ted’s Space City Venture

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Ted

There’s been one ringing voice keeping Pitchers & Poets moving forward in the last few weeks: Patrick Dubuque. He’s killing it, and we couldn’t be happier. Eric is, of course, on sabbatical across the pond, and I figured I’d take … Continue reading →

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