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Category Archives: Memoir
Why Couldn’t I Buy A Dodger Hat at Dodger Stadium?
I don’t live in LA anymore. Because of that, I’ve lost touch with the city and the Dodgers in some ways. I’m beginning to suspect that this is a good thing. Until going to a game on Friday I was, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Fashion, Memoir, The Stadium Experience
Tagged Dodger Stadium, frank mccourt, Hats, Matt Kemp, Vin Scully
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It’s Not Love (But it’s Not Bad) by Pete Beatty
You may remember Pete Beatty from “Jim Thome Takes His Rips,” during 90s 1b Week, from his having edited Craig Robinson’s Flip Flop Fly Ball the book, or from his key role in The Classical (pledge drive ongoing!). Pete tweets … Continue reading
Will They Suck? Sure
Corban Goble is a Royals fan. He writes about music for Time Out New York. I’m a Royals fan. And yeah, I’ve taken plenty of shit about it. To people more well-versed in the regal baseball traditions of the East … Continue reading
Diamonds and Doodles
Our first guest contributor for scorebook week is Patrick Truby, of There’s No I in Blog. Welcome aboard, Pat. I’ve always admired neatly kept scorebooks because I’ve never understood them. The act of neatly scoring a complete baseball game seems … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Scorekeeping Week, Situational Essay
Tagged doock trubydles, jolly rogers, patri, Scorekeeping
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Charlie Sheen Hits Homeruns
Ted likes to make fun of me for constantly retelling the story of when Jack Nicholson said “I’m not a fucking magician, take the cap off the pen,” after 12-year old Eric asked him for his autograph. He likes to … Continue reading
Teaching Sabermetrics
Earlier this year a small Bay Area nonprofit called Tutorpedia asked me to teach a poetry workshop over the summer. Actually, they asked to write a curriculum for a poetry workshop, and then to teach it later, which may seem … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged curriculum, oakland a's, sabermetrics, Stats, teaching, Tutorpedia, WAR
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The Stadium Experience: Exile on the Main Concourse
Last week PnP began an exploration of the way we watch baseball in person, namely The Stadium Experience. From the ensuing discussion, a plan was hatched: I’d go to a Major League game alone — something I’d never done before … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, The Stadium Experience
Tagged A's, chone figgins, Dallas Braden, Franklin Gutierrez, Ichiro, Jose Lopez, Luke French, Mariners, Mark Ellis, Mark McGwire, nostalgia, Safeco Field, Whitey Ford
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The Stadium Experience
The fan was about fifty years old and if it weren’t for the beach ball we never would have noticed him at all. He had a regular middle-aged build, thinning hair, and two boys – maybe twelve and fourteen years … Continue reading
The Game Called Catch (Part II)
Chrissy Wilson is a writer who lives in Reno, Nevada. She recently bought her first baseball mitt. We’re joining Chrissy as she breaks in, and ultimately becomes one with that glove. Read part one here. “Well beat the drum and … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Memoir, Situational Essay
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Radio Motion Meditation
A version of this essay appears at Everyday Ichiro In a previous post, I talked about sports talk radio. Now, it’s onto the good side of baseball on the radio: the game broadcasts. I listened to a good part of … Continue reading
