The Hall of Fame voters had their steroid witch hunt and, in an election with at least six slam dunk first ballot Hall of Famers and at least 15 guys worthy of consideration, they elected no one. The Hall voters made a statement. Cheaters don’t belong in the Hall of Fame with pitch scuffers Gaylord [...]
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Bryce Harper is an amazingly talented 19 year old rookie who may already be the best hitter on the first place Washington Nationals baseball team. His baseball talent and hard work should be enough to talk about but, sadly, are not, because conservative website Daily Caller, the brain child of Jon Stewart’s bow-tied whipping boy [...]
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The long no no-hit streak wasn’t so much about the futility of never pitching a hitless game so much as it was a symbol of Met futility, a nice metaphor for the endearingly bad inaugural ’62 squad and the agonizing losses and collapses of ’06, ’07, and ’08. Yet, unlike the overly poeticized losing of [...]
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I headed to my office this afternoon with the notion that I was going to get some work done, but also try to catch a little bit of Yu Darvish’s start against the Twins. Of course, I forgot to take into account the fact that MLB and FOX’s relationship turns any hopeful MLB.tv streaming consumer into the third wheel.
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Some quick thoughts on Moneyball, which I saw for the first time Wednesday night. • The real life baseball clips were great, especially the opening scene. It is never not a good thing to portray the Yankees as bad guys. • Jonah Hill’s Peter Brand is almost a pitch perfect character. The awkwardness around Pitt’s [...]
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In case there is any doubt that the Baseball Hall of Fame is stumbling into irrelevancy, consider this. Jack Morris will probably get elected to the Hall of Fame next year. 2013 ballot newcomers Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will not. I’m not here to reopen or continue the grating debate about Morris’s candidacy. I’m [...]
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Somewhere in the fan hubbub surrounding Fred Wilpon’s comments in a New Yorker piece chronicling his financial history, is this idea that the proprietor’s harsh words stem from anger about having to pay underperforming stars. Naturally, the name I heard complained about most by WFAN callers was none other than Carlos Beltran’s. Well I’m here to write something none of them will read to quash that shit.
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March has sprung into April, teams have headed north from the sour Grapefruit and prickly Cactus Leagues, and a new season is upon us. That’s right, folks, it’s time for my 2011 Major League Baseball preview. It’s always exciting to know that baseball is guaranteed to get another World Series Champion, unless of course the [...]
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If you’re a stand-up comedy fan, then you have no doubt seen or heard Louis C.K. in some capacity. In one of his recent hours of comedy (I want to say it was from Hilarious), he does a great bit on people and their interactions with technology. You can see the bit here, but I’ve transcribed the part that holds pertinent for this particular post:
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