Category Archives: Weekend Reading

Weekend Reading: Names

What We Carry, by Ted Berg, on what ballplayers can mean. Space, Time, and DVR Mechanics, by Chuck Klosterman on Grantland. CK is easily my favorite contributor to the quite remarkable Grantland stable. Here, he explores what is, for me, … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: The Glorious Return

Eric writes about Frank McCourt, Fred Wilpon, and the obligations owners and fans have to one another at Baseball Prospectus. David Cone is on his way to becoming the best player-turned-analyst ever. “I love Fangraphs,” and other choice quotes at … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: The Sporting Scene

Our friend Reeves Wiedeman has been blogging the U.S. Open this past week for The New Yorker. He will be at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing through the end of the tournament Whether you are a burgeoning tennis fan like … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: Nothing To Do With the NBA Playoffs Edition

Haven’t done one of these in a while, but I read a lot of great stuff this week, so here goes: Walkoff Walk has been absolutely killing it lately. Basically go there and read everything.  Now! Dayn Perry reminds us … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: Remains

Mark Twain’s love of baseball, documented in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” was the subject of a New York Times profile. He once lost an umbrella at a professional game and placed the following ad in his local … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: Gearing Up for Spring

A dream job for a wannabe catcher: John Harper of the NY Daily News straps on the tools of ignorance and catches a round of bullpen work from Johan Santana. Roy Halladay is a hard worker, according to Philly.com’s Rich … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: The Last Pale Light In The West

1.  The Rogue’s Baseball Index is a-humming. Check it out if you haven’t yet. 2. Andre Dawson to enter Cooperstown as an Expo. Quelle tragédie! (Walkoff Walk) 3. Chan Ho Park feels the love. And he seems like a pretty … Continue reading

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Weekday Reading: End Days

I’m really digging this song. Especially the sample. 1. I will jump at any opportunity to promote and preach the gospel of hockey on this blog. So here’s this awesome photo tour of Fenway Park, as of today, America’s largest … Continue reading

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Offday Reading: The Longest Day

Edit: Stop reading this post right now! Instead, read Ted and I’s “etherview” with FanGraphs destroyer Carson Cistulli. If you are here  for the first time via said interview, then welcome, please make yourself comfortable. In order to help you … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: Mays, the Babe and a Botch

Postseason play is heating up big-time. In the baseball season’s transition from endings to beginnings, a number of people around the game have looked back a ways in this past week: Artist Thom Ross is on a mission of unforgetting. … Continue reading

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