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Tag Archives: cliff lee
Cliff Lee and the Myth of the Moment
There was a shining half-season last year when Cliff Lee pitched for the Seattle Mariners, and every fourth day (the fifth belonging to King Felix) he’d pitch and push back against the growing realization that the team couldn’t hit its … Continue reading
Actually, Cliff Lee Did Sign With the Yankees
Exactly one year ago today, I wrote about the trade that brought Roy Halladay to Philadelphia. I argued that trading a franchise player is difficult but sometimes necessary; for a franchise to remain healthy, it must at times redefine itself … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Thinking
Tagged Blue Jays, cliff lee, cole hamels, Jayson Werth, Kris Kristofferson, Phillies, Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Trades, Traveling Wilburies, yankees
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Who’s Our Daddy? A Roger Angell Appreciation
Roger Angell is 89 years old. He was born in 1920. To put that in perspective, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were born in 1931. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush were born in 1924. What I’m saying is that … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball the Teacher, Media
Tagged AJ Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Chase Utley, cliff lee, Hideki Mastui, Nick Swisher, roger angell, the new yorker
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PnP Conversations: Of Men and Supermen
Ted: The best part about making predictions is praising the ones you got right and pretending the ones you got wrong never existed. That said, what hasn’t surprised you about the World Series so far? Eric:You mean besides the fact … Continue reading
Obvious and Mysterious: An Intuitive Taxonomy of Pitching Watching
The first two World Series games have featured some fantastic starting pitching. Perplexing pitching, in which in one notable case the Great Baseball Equation–on one side the input of the pitcher and on the other the output of the hitter–doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Thinking
Tagged cliff lee, Jack Kerouac, Pitching, Vladimir Nabokov, world series
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PnP Conversations: Playoff Talk Pt. II
The ambling dialogue continues between Ted and I. This time, with reflections on the sloppy first day of action, the nature of fanhood, Cliff Lee’s divine assistance, and Ted’s fascinating hatred of the Cardinals. Eric: Ted, we like to think … Continue reading
Posted in PnP Conversations
Tagged Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Astros, Betlehem Sholals, Brad Lidge, Cardinals, Carlos Gonzalez, cliff lee, derek jeter, Dodgers, Fans, jorge posada, Mark DeRosa, Matt Kemp, Phillies, Rockies, The Death Star, The Mayflower, Twins, yankees
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PnP Conversations: Playoff Talk Pt. I
Fall is in the air, and it’s playoff time in baseball land. In this tet-a-tet, Eric and I will force our tendency to wax on and on into a conversational format, trading our takes the way kids used to trade … Continue reading
Posted in PnP Conversations
Tagged Albert Pujols, alexi casilla, andruw jones, chad billingsley, chris carpenter, christopher lloyd, clayton kershaw, cliff lee, cole hamels, expansion teams, joe mauer, Joe Torre, jorge posada, jose molina, josh beckett, mariano rivera, miguel cabrera, minnesota twins, mlb playoffs, nlds, orlando hudson, philadelphia phillies, Religion, ronnie belliard, steve avery
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