Mar 25, 2008
You may know that Cleveland’s C.C. Sabathia won his 100th game in 2007, and as such became the first pitcher in 16 seasons (and only the third born in the last 50 years) to win 100 major league games before turning 27. It should be mentioned right up front that this is not technically accurate [...]
You may know that Cleveland’s C.C. Sabathia won his 100th game in 2007, and as such became the first pitcher in 16 seasons (and only the third born in the last 50 years) to win 100 major league games before turning 27. It should be mentioned right up front that this is not technically accurate -- Sabathia actually won his 100th game a couple of months after he turned 27 (on July 21st).
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Mar 24, 2008
I love the NCAA Tournament. I know all the bad stuff about it — the crapshootiness* of it, the way small conference schools often get jobbed by the tournament committee, the way great seasons get ruined because of a couple of badly-timed missed jump shots and so on. Well, nothing’s perfect. I still love the [...]
I love the NCAA Tournament. I know all the bad stuff about it -- the crapshootiness* of it, the way small conference schools often get jobbed by the tournament committee, the way great seasons get ruined because of a couple of badly-timed missed jump shots and so on. Well, nothing’s perfect. I still love the tournament because unlike most other playoffs systems, there ARE surprises, there ARE teams like Davidson and Villanova, there are spectacular moments and fantastic finishes and clashing styles ... Read More
Mar 22, 2008
The problem with doing a “Part I” to anything is that people for some reason expect a “Part II,” which is kind of a drag. I’ve been halfheartedly working on some poems for a National League preview, for instance, but I’m just not sure I’m going to get that done. I should post some sort [...]
The problem with doing a “Part I” to anything is that people for some reason expect a “Part II,” which is kind of a drag. I’ve been halfheartedly working on some poems for a National League preview, for instance, but I’m just not sure I’m going to get that done. I should post some sort of challenge -- like, I’ll finish those poems if readers get this Amazon number into the Top 1,000 or something like that. We could make it a ... Read More
Mar 21, 2008
OK, so thank you all so much for your political responses — there have been so many I have not even had time to read even a quarter of them. Also, I’m in Omaha writing college basketball, and there’s a baseball season about to begin, and I have a book to write, so there is [...]
OK, so thank you all so much for your political responses -- there have been so many I have not even had time to read even a quarter of them. Also, I’m in Omaha writing college basketball, and there’s a baseball season about to begin, and I have a book to write, so there is all that too.
Anyway, your essays have inspired me to start another blog entirely about politics. Well, it’s sort of about politics. If you go there, you can ... Read More
Mar 20, 2008
OK, everyone knows that this blog tries to avoid politics for the most part, but I really want to try something, a challenge to you, a political experiment, if you will*.
*Whenever I hear the phrase, “if you will,” I always think of that scene in “The Sure Thing” where John Cusack is having one of [...]
OK, everyone knows that this blog tries to avoid politics for the most part, but I really want to try something, a challenge to you, a political experiment, if you will*.
*Whenever I hear the phrase, “if you will,” I always think of that scene in “The Sure Thing” where John Cusack is having one of his sex fantasies about the extremely young Nicolette Sheridan.**
Sheridan: Come on Giblet. One more time. One more time.
Cusack: I can’t. Tomorrow. I promise.
Sheridan: It was so good. ... Read More
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