Category Archives: Spring Training

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Sleep Through Opening Day

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Patrick

Nine days ago, I wrote the following passage: From the airport window, I can see the gray buildings block the horizon where the pavement touches the pavement-colored sky.  The sports pages are riddled with so many copies of Peyton Manning’s … Continue reading →

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Zen and the Art of Lineup Maintenance

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Patrick

There are essentially two types of people, we’re told by the narrator of Robert Pirsig’s bestselling classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  There are those of us who resist understanding technology because its permutations terrify us and, recoiling … Continue reading →

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P&P Reading Club: Megan Wells on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18 – 33

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Ted

Find more of Megan Wells at Around the Horn from Aerys Sports. Well. Quite a bit has happened since our last check-in on this literary odyssey. Destruction and creation, mostly – relationships forming between O and Affenlight, Schwartzy and Pella. … Continue reading →

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Too Many Xs by Jesse Gloyd

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Ted

Jesse Gloyd lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, my new favorite American neighborhood. Buckshot Boogaloo is his web site, where you’ll find thoughtful and valuable essays, and the Buckshot Boogaloo podcast. I’m trying to catch the perfect mood, the … Continue reading →

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P&P Pointless Predictions 2011: AL East

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Eric

Today on SportsCenter Michael Wilbon and Jon Barry (?) hosted a mocking segment about whether the Red Sox had reason to panic after starting the season zero and three. It was right at the top of the show. It lasted … Continue reading →

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You Gotta Keep Score: Mariners Broadcaster Dave Sims Talks Scorekeeping

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ted

“You gotta keep score,” broadcaster Dave Sims told me over the phone. “I don’t know anyone in this business who doesn’t keep score.” Even early in my conversation with the Seattle Mariners play-by-play veteran, I understand the depth to which … Continue reading →

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Chasin’ Castro

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Ted

I haven’t written about it in a while, but I’m an Astros fan. Please, hold your applause until the end. As a team, the Astros are in the awkward tween stage right now, lurking around the punch bowl at the … Continue reading →

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The Measured Meter of Money: The St. Louis Cardinals and the Pujols Gambit

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ted

From Bryan Burwell’s column, “DeWitt rolls the dice,” in the St. Louis Dispatch: The strategy that is unfolding is clearer than ever now. The Cardinals chairman is risking it all in the hope that Pujols and agent Dan Lozano are … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Tune

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Eric

Ted and I sing this every year at the P&P holiday karaoke extraveganza. Guess who sings which part.

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Visual Mixtape: Southpaw Relief

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Ted

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