Michael More, Roger, and Me
A recently leaked excerpt from Jeff Pearlman’s upcoming book on Roger Clemens (The Rocket Who Fell to Earth, which sounds less like a sports tome and more like a David Bowie album) alleges that Mike...
View ArticleOh Japan, You’ve Done it Again!
Paxarcana’s twitter page pointed me to this amazing video originally posted at Dvorak Uncensored: Japanese hitting coach bats baseball straight up a rope. For real. So not only have the Japanese...
View ArticleYour Math Teacher Was Right: Graphs Can Be Fun!
I have no idea how this escaped my notice up until this point. But I’ve seen several people post and/or tweet about it in the past few days, so allow me to jump on the bandwagon way too late. This …...
View ArticleFor-Real Interview: Dan Epstein
As a kid, I was fascinated by 1970s baseball. The huge afros, the amazing facial hair, the retina-burning uniform designs–it seemed like such an insane, colorful era, particularly when compared to the...
View ArticleHere’s the Score
Yes, I am one of those dorks who scores baseball games. Or at least I was until fairly recently, as I explained in this lengthy post. There were many reasons I stopped, but one of the biggest was...
View ArticleDiscoveries from MLB’s Origins Committee
The earliest form of baseball was played in ancient Mesopotamia. Called Dak-tar, the object of the game was for the players to project their own personal failings and fears of death onto their...
View ArticleFor-Real Interviews: Craig Robinson
In America, baseball is, sadly, often seen as the brussels sprouts of sports: something that must be consumed because it’s good for you. Many people view the sport as obligation rather than...
View ArticleContested
I may have mentioned this before several thousand times, but I’ve written a novel. It’s called Hang A Crooked Number. Here is what I say about the novel to people who may wish to represent or publish...
View ArticleJean Shepherd on New York Baseball Fans, 1963
On the way to work this morning, I listened to a Jean Shepherd radio show from April 1963 in which he discussed the attitude of New York baseball fans in general and Yankees fans in particular. The...
View Article21 Seasons of Joe Buck’s Fox Promos
Friday night brings us the start of the American League Championship Series. This means Friday night also brings us the return of Joe Buck to the airwaves. Since 1996, Buck has been the voice of MLB’s...
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