In honor of Bryce Harper playing his 162nd career game, here is the list of the Top 12 home run hitters through Age 20 season: 1. Mel Ott, 61 2. Tony Conigliaro, 56 3. Alex Rodriguez, 41 4. Ken Griffey, 38 5. Frank Robinson, 38 6. Mickey Mantle, 36 7. Mike Trout, 35 8. Al…
Month: April 2013
The Most Famous Athletes In The World
So, there’s a poll up asking you to vote on who you think are the five most famous active athletes in the world. Now, among the trickier parts of this question is the word “world.” What does it mean? Take a look at the 10 most populous countries on earth. 1. China, 1.35 billion 2….
Achilles and Ankiel
The Big Read on pitching phenoms is coming soon. In the meantime, I forgot to post a link to this piece I wrote about the fascinating career of Rick Ankiel.
More More Morris
Yes, a bit more on Jack Morris and pitching to the score … like you want to read more on that subject. Well, hey, this time it’s not my fault. I got an email from Brilliant Reader John asking a viable and interesting Jack Morris question: He pointed out that Morris, going back to when…
Link-o-Matic
Three links to drop on you. — I had a lot of fun writing the Big Read this week about San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. — I did not have as much fun writing about sports and security in the wake of the Boston Marathon attack, but it’s a hugely important topic and I…
Roger Ebert’s Opening Sentences
I have been working on this for a little while now. I was reading Roger Ebert’s Four Star Reviews (1967-2007) and, in addition to admiring the man’s utter brilliance, I found myself thinking: This amazing man’s life is in here. And I came up with this idea of taking just the opening sentences from 75…
The Reality and Absurdity of Pitching To the Score
First a golf question: You are a golfer facing two putts. The putts are exactly the same. Exactly. They are 20 footers. Uphill. Same weather conditions. Same wind. Same green. You correctly read both putts as left-edge, meaning that if you putt the ball at the proper speed toward the left edge of the hole,…
The T-Mac In Winter
It was strange and kind of cool watching Tracy McGrady work out for the San Antonio Spurs today. McGrady, believe it or not, is only 33 years old. He seems so, so much older.
Wordcast With Michael Schur
Michael Schur and I have been working out all sorts of technical details with the Poscast — such as, when and how to record one — and we continue to work on that. In the meantime, though, we realized that we HAVE to do our preseason predictions, even if it isn’t the preseason anymore. So,…
Pat Summerall
Montana. Rice. Touchdown. Rest in Peace Pat Summerall. You let sports breathe. You let Madden talk. And in an age where we so often use too many words to say too little, you let our imaginations fill in the gap.