Category Archives: Links

6-4-3: A Scorekeeping Week Link Roundup

If there is a more comprehensive baseball scorekeeping site than The Baseball Scorecard, it would be an impressively comprehensive baseball scorekeeping site. The Art of Manliness offers its own tutorial on scorekeeping. I enjoyed the emphasis on creating your own … Continue reading

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More Not Here

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

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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The Talk of the Town

Some brief notes of congratulations: 1. Friend of P&P (and occasional contributor) Reeves Wiedeman has published his first article, a Talk of the Town piece in The New Yorker: Far From Haiti. 2. Another friend, Josh Cohen, has launched an … Continue reading

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An Ear for Human Tendency: Pointing Out A Great Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball Column

There’s something a little grating about the fantasy baseball posts and trade/contract rumors that look to 2011, even in the thick of the 2010 season. It suggests a level of obsessiveness that’s a little uncomfortable for me, like people who … Continue reading

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Today

Despite the best efforts of the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays, I believe it’s safe to say that today, July 14, is the most boring sporting day of 2010. With that in mind, PnP recommends focusing your attention elsewhere. … Continue reading

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Tagg You’re It: A Conversation With Carson Cistulli

Somehow I ended up in a conversation with Carson Cistulli about home-run trot injuries, biblical misfortune, schlemiels, and schlemazels. You can find it on Fangraphs.com. And enjoy a brief excerpt here: Carson: Eric, I know some things about you that … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: World Domination Edition

This is our 200th post.  So before we get to the  Weekend Reading portion, Ted and I wanted to try something new: namely request feedback. This is both general and specific request. Generally, feel free tell us some things about … Continue reading

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Manny Being Manny

Had an update. Not really relevant anymore. Here’s the original post. * * * * First thoughts. Slightly jumbled: Alex Rodriguez. Rafael Palmeiro. Jason Giambi. Barry Bonds. Roger Clemens. Gary Sheffield. Not one of those guys ever served a day’s … Continue reading

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Terribly Late April Fools Post

1. A funny Spanish Corn Flakes commercial from the 1980s with P&P mascot Fernando Valenzuela: (via Big League Stew by way of Dodger Thoughts) 2. Jonah Keri published a link this morning to George Plimpton’s legendary April Fools story The … Continue reading

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