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Category Archives: Meta
Adrian Beltre
I wrote a thing about Adrian Beltre for The Classical’s Deadspin Journal. Check it out. -Eric
The Classical
Meanwhile, on other parts of the internet, there is a group of writers trying to raise money for a new sports website. I’m honored to be a part of that group, and as such here is the intro video for … Continue reading →
Why I Write (About Baseball)
Recently I sat amidst the fog of a Seattle summer morning and read a short essay by George Orwell entitled “Why I Write”. Like Orwell, I recognized at a young age that I was a writer whether I actually wrote … Continue reading →
Home
I was back in America for about three days before baseball welcomed me home. It was early in Friday’s Red Sox -Mariners game. I was seated midway up the first base line, top of the lower level, enjoying the rare … Continue reading →
Asceticism and the Baseball Fan
I began the evening writing about Derek Jeter: it’s the sort of thing one does out of obligation, a futile action that marks one as a Baseball Writer. It’s seven o’clock and a faceless tweet reminds me that the Mariners … Continue reading →
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A Song and a Sabbatical
Hi all, a quick note: I (Eric, if you didn’t read the byline atop this post) will be outside the country as of tomorrow and until mid-August. That means there will be no baseball and hence no baseball blogging in … Continue reading →
A Public Self-Service Announcement
We don’t do too much self-promotion here on Pitchers & Poets, but sometimes it’s necessary. And as our traffic grows — which it has quite a bit in 2011, thank you new readers! — we hope that you follow the … Continue reading →
Around the Net
In all the Opening Day hysteria and marathon liveblogging (my eyes still hurt), I failed to properly note that I wrote a couple of things elsewhere this week. Sorry if you’ve already seen these on Twitter: You See What You … Continue reading →
Fail Bigger
Exciting news: my first article for Slate was published today — a slideshow essay on great unbuilt stadiums including Seattle’s Floating Stadium, Edmonton’s Omniplex, New Fenway Park, and so on. If You Don’t Build it…
A New Look
Hey readers, as you may have noticed, we’ve redesigned the site. We hope you like it. Before moving on, Ted & I would like to thank three dear friends for donating their time and creative energy to the cause: Lucas … Continue reading →