Not that I’m complaining about the eventual outcome, which looks quite rosy, but if all the time that I’ve been devoting to wedding-related activities could be put towards my writing, I could have started a blog… or a book. But rather than kvetching, I’ll just offer a few quick hits for your reading pleasure: • …
Today at Baseball Prospectus, the Jaffe WARP3 Score (JAWS) system takes on the 25 players on the Veterans Committee Hall of Fame ballot. This is the second time the “new VC” — consisting of living Hall of Fame members, Spink (writers) and Frick (broadcaster) award winners, and “old VC” members whose terms haven’t expired, 83 …
Via Tom Gorman and Rob McMillan comes this gem, an MP3 of Vin Scully calling the 9th inning of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on September 9, 1965. In that final frame, Koufax strikes out Chris Krug, Joey Amalfitano and Harvey Kuenn, the latter his sixth K in a row and 14th …
Two of the fine bloggers at All-Baseball.com have decided to leave the fold and join forces. Rich Lederer of Rich’s Weekend Baseball Beat and Bryan Smith of Wait Til Next Year are merging their blogs into a new site called The Baseball Analysts (www.baseballanalysts.com). According to their press release, the site will be “devoted to …
It’s that time of the month again, as my Prospectus Triple Play (now bylined in a welcome improvement) is up over at Baseball Prospectus. Because I was hosting out-of-town guests over the weekend (for my bachelor party, which started with an hour of hacking at the Chelsea Piers batting cages), I had to prepare the …
It’s a bleak start to the day when the news of the death of one of your all-time favorites hits you like a sledgehammer before you’ve even sipped your morning coffee. Such was the case when I saw the ESPN front page today, where it’s reported that gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson died of a …
Reason #264 on “Why I Love New York City” is the way it can bring you full circle at any given moment. This entire week has been one of those times. The Venn diagram of New York City-based Mekons fans who’ve been published at Baseball Prospectus is a small one, which is why I found …
Even with the official Pitchers and Catchers date opening training camps today, steroids are still at the top of the blotter in the absence of real baseball news. The fallout continues with regards to both Jason Giambi’s press conference and Jose Canseco’s allegations. Canseco was interviewed by Mike Wallace on last Sunday’s 60 Minutes, and …
Last spring, during the contentious 9-11 hearings, National Security Advisor/Traitor to the Human Race Condoleezza Rice produced an outrageous spit-take moment while testifying before the Independent National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. When asked to recall the title of a particular President’s Daily Briefing memo, dated August 6, 2001, Rice casually remarked …
Apologies for the relative quietude of this site in recent weeks. I’ve become absorbed in another big project, doing some research for Will Carroll’s upcoming and increasingly well-timed book on steroids, The Juice (not to be confused with Jose Canseco’s tell-all Juiced, about which more momentarily). As unappealing as I find the topic of steroids, …