Category Archives: Weekend Reading

Weekend Reading: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Eric

It’s September 11th. Those words mean so much more in New York City today. Here’s an apt new song by the Avett Brothers and some New York baseball reading. Few people, if anybody, can write about baseball like Roger Angell. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: Twitpocalypse Now

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Eric

Whoah, it’s a Weekend Reading post. Without further ado, your weekly dose of Robert Duvall and some nice bullet points: Matt Wieters! Dan Quisenberry! Fernando Perez, new Tampa Ray call up and old school South American poet, has penned a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: All-Time Greats and Some Technological Blunders and Wonders

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Ted

In the midst of various PnP relocations, Weekend Reading directs you to an eternal debate, an eternal great, and some technological mishaps and marvels. Rick Soisson offers an alternative vision of the eternal question at The Baseball Chronicle: who is … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: Lobster And Instant Noodles

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Eric

For reasons unbeknown to even myself, the Weekend Reading feature disappeared from this blog a couple months ago.  Today Weekend Reading returns, with good baseball-ish reading from around the web. I would also like to make a quick programming note: … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: Gaping Sinkholes And El Duderino Edition

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Eric

The horrifying near-death of a Portland Oregon area girl has resulted in perhaps the funniest baseball related headline I’ve ever read. The lead ain’t half bad either: Ground Swallows Girl As She Plays Baseball PORTLAND, Ore. — A 9-year-old girl … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading: Albert Pujols, Japan’s Yu Darvish, SABR Archive

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Eric

Something for everybody this weekend, and even a Thomas Friedman reference: First, Joe Posnanski is at his best in this profile of Albert Pujols for Sports Illustrated. Pujols isn’t the most charismatic guy, and with the numbers he puts up … Continue reading →

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