Category Archives: America

On Snake Oil, Gem Mint Rookie Cards, and Dmitri Young

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Eric

Jesse Gloyd is approaching regular contributor status at P&P. He’s written about fishing in the LA River, and about Satchel Paige on the site. Check out his podcast Buckshot Boogaloo. Talk of coming back is always inspiring, but it rarely … Continue reading →

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The Final Game of the Season

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Patrick

It was the sort of field you would expect to see behind an elementary school: the ferrous chain-link backstop, splotches of crabgrass masking divots in the clay.  The playground, ordinarily teeming with playful shrieks and children’s arguments, today fell silent; … Continue reading →

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A River Slums Through It by Jesse Gloyd

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Ted

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 →

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A Recollection of Victory

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Ted

The generation of kids who are now college-aged came up in the middle of a losing streak. America lost to Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001, and continued to lose as it bowed under the pressures of war and … Continue reading →

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Home Run Derby Live Blog Thing!

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Eric

Welcome to the Home Run Derby Live Blog Thing! Home Run Derby

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How to Choose Between Slovakia and Cameroon

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Eric

A rare interlude in which I try to write about  soccer’s version of the World Baseball Classic: A great deal has been written about what the international game of football – soccer — can tell us about global politics, human … Continue reading →

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Podcast 15: A Snapshot of America

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Eric

In episode 15, we give ample time to this month’s most important international athletic event: Major League All-Star voting. We break it down position by position, from Evan Longoria to Placido Polanco and we discover that the current NL outfield … Continue reading →

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Stephen Strasburg Live

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Eric

Chief Washington D.C. Correspondent  Helen Thomas Brad Matheson was lucky enough to see the next Savior of Baseball, Stephen Strasburg pitch last night. Here are some of his observations: Whether you paid $500 on StubHub or $5 as a game-day … Continue reading →

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Evan Longoria is the New Joe Mauer

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Eric

I was lucky to sit behind home plate at last night’s Rays-Mariners game in Seattle. It was freezing. And aside from the cringing and  the averting my eyes with each successive backwards K for Milton Bradley and sad, flailing swing … Continue reading →

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America and Baseball in Afghanistan

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Eric

Matt Yglesias recently compared Afghanistan to an ESPN Zone: A better analogy might be that it’s the ESPN Zone of empires, someplace where from time to time a lot of people feel tempted to go, but when you get there … Continue reading →

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