Joe Nathan, Minnesota
Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 38 Comments »
March 9, 2010
Player of the Day: Joe Nathan, pitcher, Minnesota.
Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati
Posted: March 8th, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 39 Comments »
March 8, 2010
Player of the Day: Aroldis Chapman, pitcher, Cincinnati.
Joakim Soria, Kansas City
Posted: March 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 61 Comments »
So, we’re going to start something here, something that I fully intend to regret, something I will call The Player of the Day. The idea is to write about an interesting player from a different team every day leading up to Opening Day. My hope is that the player will somehow reflect what I think about the team. You may ask: Why would anyone start a lunatic project like this?
And I would answer: Because it’s there.
We start with Joakim Soria, reliever deluxe for the Kansas City Royals.
Blind Oscar Picks
Posted: March 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Pop Culture | 68 Comments »
Yes, time again for my annual “I didn’t see any of these movies” Oscar picks. I’m writing this one from the airport as I head to spring training. Baseball is here!
It’s a funny thing about the Oscars and predictions — I used to see ALL the movies before the Oscars began. I would even try to see a Documentary Short or two, if I could. The funny part is that actually seeing the movies did not help my Oscar picks at all. Quite the opposite, really. I would find myself getting emotional about a movie I liked and irrationally picking it even though I knew, deep down, that they were going to give the thing to Titanic.
A Runaway Post about Rule 5
Posted: March 6th, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 52 Comments »
Now, this was not supposed to be a post about the Rule 5 Draft — the REAL post is coming soon — but I got caught up looking at the history of Rule 5 and got carried away and ended up with this thing. I was going to try and shorten it, break it up, insert it in the real post as a Pozterisk … but frankly that feels like work. And this blog is not supposed to feel like work. So instead, I will just dump this on you — a rambling history of the Rule 5 and bonus babies. I think it’s fair to say I have very little control of this blog.
Fun With Pitches
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 54 Comments »
The following is just a whole lot of musing about pitches and hitting and stuff. There’s no order, no rhyme, no reason and no guaranteeing that ANY OF IT makes sense. We’re just talking a little ball. Read at your own discretion.
Herschel
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: Essays | 51 Comments »
I had no idea … but Herschel Walker was born one day after Wilt scored 100 points in a game. Of course, there’s actually no reason WHY I should have known this. But there’s something right about it, something fitting, as if the sports gods said: “Oh, you think that 100-point game was something? Well, take a look at THIS guy.”
Here is the Herschel story I wrote for this blog about 2 1/2 years ago … it’s long, and it’s reverential, and its premise remains: Even as Tim Tebow leaves school, I think Herschel is the greatest college football player I ever saw.
Optimism From A Royals Season Ticket Holder
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 | Filed under: Baseball | 64 Comments »
A few years ago, when the Royals were really floundering — you know, unlike now — I started something that became a weird and unexpected tradition: In The Kansas City Star, I picked the Royals to win the American League Central. The next year, I did it again. And then again. And again after that.
Anniversary of Wilt’s 100-Point Game
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 | Filed under: Essays | 67 Comments »
You can read this at SI.com as well now, below this oh-so-awesome picture.
Quick question: They couldn’t have gotten a little bit nicer piece of paper than that? The man just scored ONE HUNDRED POINTS. And what did they write 100 with … a piece of charcoal? Amazing that one of the most iconic photos in sports history could have such a crummy prop.
My Memory Medal Count
Posted: March 1st, 2010 | Filed under: Other Sports | 77 Comments »
Now, I’ll be the first one to admit that I have many, many, many times remembered something that wasn’t quite right. For instance, I distinctly remember seeing this famous 1984 Apple commercial several times on television.
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