Linking myself

Posted: April 14th, 2009 | Filed under: Media | 10 Comments »

To paraphrase Bob Feller: If you don’t link yourself, who will?

Here’s what I wrote for Sports Illustrated about Mark Fidrych.

Here’s what I wrote for the newspaper blog about the iPhone.

Here’s news about my Cleveland Indians winning the Historical Championship.

Here’s a book that I hear is coming out real soon.

10 Comments on “Linking myself”

  1. 1: Curtis said at 7:13 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Circle me, Bert.

    Way to go, Indians!

  2. 2: Nathan said at 8:11 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Joe, you still have not addressed an important issue concerning the new book:

    How did 09/09/09 become 08/19/09?

  3. 3: Dorasaga said at 9:16 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Trivia: The Hand Behind…

    Aka The Bias of Umpire Handedness

    ***

    Mr. Posnanski,

    This is probably a question that you can answer.

    I was watching some Japanese baseball tonight. It’s a quite a rainy day in Japan; 2/3 or the games were canceled. Then, I noticed that the home umpire was calling strikes with his right hand.

    Yes, he raised his right hand to his left, for strikeout and strike calls.

    But I recall that nearly all Major League umpires wave their left hand to their right.

    Is that true?

    Because the answer will help me deduct my hypothesis:

    Are most MLB umpires lefthanded? That’s why they like to wave their left hands, instead of right?

    Or is it culture? because Japanese baseball started a hundred and twenty years ago, when everyone wrote from right to left? They read R->L, therefore, the make signs R->L. (While in English-writing countries, L->R.)

    Or was it because Japan adopted the English system around the end of the 19th century? They developed signs that go from R->L.

    A lot of possibilities, but I hope someone can help me find out how many umpires are actually lefthanded or if most umpires actually raise their strike calls towards the opposite end…

    –Dorasaga, Taipei, Taiwan

  4. 4: J Sharp said at 9:46 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Thanks, Joe, for that terrific column on The Bird. Spot on perfect.

  5. 5: DDT said at 10:07 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Ted Williams: .378 Postseason BA.

    Oh yeah.

  6. 6: David in Toledo said at 10:53 am on April 14th, 2009:

    After pitching 19 innings in 3 days, Addie Joss may have the dead arm.

    After being a hero of the Seamheads Historical League World Series, Joe Jackson has surely redeemed his Hall of Fame credentials. It’s pretty unlikely that you tried to help put the fix on when you smack 21 RsBI and your team WINS. . . .

  7. 7: ceolaf said at 11:39 am on April 14th, 2009:

    Can you post like this every week? I’d love to see links to your other stuff updated every week!

  8. 8: david said at 11:47 am on April 14th, 2009:

    What was Reggie Smith thinking when trying to advance to third with two out and the tying run on base behind him?

  9. 9: Perry said at 3:08 pm on April 14th, 2009:

    Dorasaga,
    I don’t know what you’re talking about. 100% of major league umpires signal strikes with their right hand. It doesn’t matter if you’re lefthanded or righthanded. You’re taught on the first day of umpire training to signal strikes with the right hand. No variation is allowed in this.

  10. 10: Dorasaga said at 5:31 pm on April 14th, 2009:

    Perry,

    Maybe I was confused by the hand. (Didn’t really pay attention to it until last night.) But I was thinking “which way” the umpire signals a strikeout. Most Major League umpires, I recall, face their right for strikeouts.

    But I’m still very curious what’s the ratio of a “lefthanded” umpire to their right-handed counterpart~

    Thanks for the reply.

    –D, Taipei–

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