Jan 25, 2008
Drove the 550 or so miles from Cincinnati to Kansas City on Thursday, and I remembered something: I like long car rides. I like scanning radio stations and listening to pop songs I’ve never heard by artists* I probably should know but don’t. I like the way trucks flash their brake lights when you [...]
Drove the 550 or so miles from Cincinnati to Kansas City on Thursday, and I remembered something: I like long car rides. I like scanning radio stations and listening to pop songs I’ve never heard by artists* I probably should know but don’t. I like the way trucks flash their brake lights when you let them into your lane. I like listening to the POTUS ‘08 channel on XM (President of the United States, if you’re scoring at home) and getting ... Read More
Jan 24, 2008
OK, so here’s the rub: I’m flat sick and tired of going on Baseball Think Factory or one of the other baseball Web sites every other day and reading some headline that says: “Red Sox Back in Santana Derby,” or “Don’t Count Out Yankees In Race For Santana” or “Mets Take Santana Lead.” First off, [...]
OK, so here’s the rub: I’m flat sick and tired of going on Baseball Think Factory or one of the other baseball Web sites every other day and reading some headline that says: “Red Sox Back in Santana Derby,” or “Don’t Count Out Yankees In Race For Santana” or “Mets Take Santana Lead.” First off, you can’t take a “lead” when it comes to a trade. This isn’t NASCAR. You don’t get points for leading a lap. Some team may trade for ... Read More
Jan 24, 2008
I’m proud to tell you that The Soul of Baseball was chosen as the winner of the 25th Annual Casey Award for best baseball book of 2007. I’m going to list the Casey Award winners below just because it’s a real honor to be in that company, and also because otherwise this would be a [...]
I’m proud to tell you that The Soul of Baseball was chosen as the winner of the 25th Annual Casey Award for best baseball book of 2007. I’m going to list the Casey Award winners below just because it’s a real honor to be in that company, and also because otherwise this would be a very, very short post, which as you know is against our Blog Constitution.
As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m not much for awards. All this stuff writers do ... Read More
Jan 23, 2008
OK, my first reaction: That new Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper sounds entirely disgusting. Am I wrong here? What, now we’re mixing cherry and chocolate and whatever the hell Dr. Pepper is together, I mean, is this some sort of high school chemistry lab deal? How about some Lemon Cheesecake Royal Crown? Tobacco Almond Fanta? [...]
OK, my first reaction: That new Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper sounds entirely disgusting. Am I wrong here? What, now we’re mixing cherry and chocolate and whatever the hell Dr. Pepper is together, I mean, is this some sort of high school chemistry lab deal? How about some Lemon Cheesecake Royal Crown? Tobacco Almond Fanta? Broccoli Cheddar Cheerwine?
BUT, then I started thinking about it. And I realized something: I have absolutely no idea what flavors are in Dr. Pepper. None. If someone ... Read More
Jan 23, 2008
This post ran on the old Soul of Baseball blog last May. I thought I would rerun it in honor of Bob Gibson: I apologize about the spacing between lines — don’t know how to fix that.
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I love lists. For a while a few years ago, I had a Web site called “listednumbers.com” [...]
This post ran on the old Soul of Baseball blog last May. I thought I would rerun it in honor of Bob Gibson: I apologize about the spacing between lines -- don’t know how to fix that.
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I love lists. For a while a few years ago, I had a Web site called "listednumbers.com" and I put together dozens of lists with friends ... I remember a few:
Top 10 Godfather lines.
Top 10 Bruce Springsteen songs.
Top 10 Schoolhouse Rocks
Top 10 Twilight ... Read More
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