Category Archives: Interviews

Open Book Baseball: An Interview with Alyson Footer, the Houston Astros’ Sr. Director of Social Media

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ted

Baseball is known for clinging to old paradigms, and hugging out-moded–ahem, traditional–viewpoints on media, culture, technology, and copyright. Some figures in the baseball media even pride themselves on their vintage-inspired view of the game. Alyson Footer is no such figure. … 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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If Moleskine Made a Scorebook: The Bethany Heck Interview

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Eric

Bethany Heck is the impetus for scorekeeping week. She is a graphic designer whose Eephus League Baseball Scorebook Revival project on Kickstarter, seeking funds to help produce a reimagined and better-designed baseball scorebook, has bounced around the baseball blogosphere for … Continue reading →

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More Not Here

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Eric

I was interviewed about P&P by Phil Bencomo for The Baseball Chronicle podcast. We talk about the origins of this blog, the American Sports Blogging Experience,  the past/future of the whole writing and sports writing thing, and more. As the … Continue reading →

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The Ten Commandments

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Eric

In my day job as managing editor of Jew-ish.com, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bethlehem Shoals of the awesome FreeDarko about hoops, Judaism, and Seattle.  Check it out. Also, I may post some more about FreeDarko soon. They … Continue reading →

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Pitchers and Poets Interview: Glenn Stout

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Eric

The conversation I had with sports writer, poet, and Best American Sports Writing Editor Glenn Stout Monday twisted and turned informally. In fact, it was so bouncy that I was only able to transcribe chunks at a time. The conversation … Continue reading →

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