Category Archives: Baseball the Teacher

Finding Jered: Angertainment and the Reluctant Appreciation of an Ace

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Ted

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 →

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Nied’s Chain by Tom Ley

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Ted

Tom Ley writes at Word’s Finest. He contributed to 1990s First Basemen Week with The Big Cat and the Water, about Andres Galarraga. You can email him at leyt345(at)gmail(dot)com. I once sat in a hot tub with David Nied on … Continue reading →

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Chasin’ Castro

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Ted

I haven’t written about it in a while, but I’m an Astros fan. Please, hold your applause until the end. As a team, the Astros are in the awkward tween stage right now, lurking around the punch bowl at the … Continue reading →

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The Surest Prop of Their Power: Ancient Egyptians and the Power of Sabermetrics

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Ted

In doing some research on goodness knows what, I came across a few paragraphs by the scholar of ancient literature Edith Hamilton, in her book The Greek Way. Hamilton loves the Greeks, and has not much fondness for the Egyptian … Continue reading →

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Getting off the Schneid

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Eric

One of my day jobs involves blogging for a Jewish themed website called Jew-ish.com. In that capacity, I wrote a post today inspired by Roger Angell about Getting off the Schneid. The crux: The Rangers’ victory, Angell wrote, “took them … Continue reading →

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The Strange Grace of Players Trading Places

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Ted

You would be hard-pressed to find another franchise that’s had a two-day period the likes of the Astros recent whirlwind. Not only in terms of volume of activity, but when you consider that the Astros traded away the two players … Continue reading →

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Sailing to Byzantium

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Paul

The author of this post is Paul Franz. Ted and I invited Paul to contribute to Pitchers and Poets with the idea that he would bring a new perspective. Already, he has wowed us by writing an insightful essay built … Continue reading →

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Lines in the Sand

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Ted

Bryce Harper got ejected from a JUCO World Series game recently, and for me what was more interesting than the delicate personality traits of a 17-year-old kid is the taboo that he put in the spotlight: drawing a line in … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Man Out of His Depth

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Ted

If you’re into awkward conversations, people discussing issues they have no professional knowledge of, and winter hats in the summer, watch Manny Delcarmen play Dan Savage (many NSFW words) for ten minutes over at boston.com. Link

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Pew Pew Pew! Baseball Demonstrations from the Booth

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ted

I enjoy it when retired pitchers turned broadcasters in expensive ties grab a baseball that some intern had to scare up for them and demonstrate how to throw a cutter or a circle change. The starched cuff of a fine … Continue reading →

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