Category Archives: Situational Essay

Presidents and Unicorns: A Scout’s Take on the President’s Cup in Korea by Aaron Shinsano

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Ted

Aaron Shinsano is a baseball scout based out of Korea, as well as the co-founder of the influential Asian baseball blog East Windup Chronicle. When I think of scouting the President’s Cup in Korea, as I have each of the … Continue reading →

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A River Slums Through It by Jesse Gloyd

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Ted

Jesse Gloyd is a writer after our own hearts, and we strongly suggest his work at his blog, Buckshot Boogaloo. His Twitter tag is @jessejamesgloyd. I went fishing on Saturday. I went with an old friend. My friend works for … Continue reading →

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Bryce Harper and the Elements of Style by Eric Freeman

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Eric

Situational — and surprisingly topical!– Essay today by Eric Freeman, who usually writes about the NBA for Ball Don’t Lie. Follow him on Twitter at @freemaneric. Yesterday’s big baseball news concerned Bryce Harper, all-everything prospect for the Washington Nationals currently playing for … Continue reading →

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Situational Essay: The Language of Degree and Kind in Baseball and Life, by Paul Franz

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ted

This Situational Essay comes from friend of the blog and regular contributor Paul Franz, whose work you can find at his blog, Nicht Diese Tone. When we construct our little narratives to explain the strange things we see every day, … Continue reading →

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Situational Essay: Jason Heyward Jars These Mountains

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Ted

Bryan Harvey, contributor of the thought-provoking Situational Essay below, is a high school teacher and poet, who writes for The Faster Times and The Lawn Chair Boys. His poetry has appeared in the Cold Mountain Review and DeckFight Press is … Continue reading →

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Will They Suck? Sure

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Eric

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 →

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Ben Lyon on The Greatest Debates

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ted

Pitchers and Poets contributor Ben Lyon, a lawyer in Chicago, pipes up this week with a look back in time, to several of the great debates that have shaped the course of history. These are heady times for the sports … Continue reading →

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Alex Belth: Late Bloomer

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Eric

Alex Belth is a friend of P&P and one of baseball’s longest-tenured bloggers. Check out his cultural and baseball musings — and work from his stable of talented writers — over at Bronx Banter. I didn’t start keeping score until … Continue reading →

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Diamonds and Doodles

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Eric

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 →

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Situational Essay: The Last Harrah: The Last Senator, The First Ranger, The Eternal Man

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ted

Ben Lyon is a lawyer living in Chicago. He alone knows what it must be like to occupy his own impressive mindspace, which I liken to a shoebox full of baseball cards, each of which can speak. It’s only appropriate … Continue reading →

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