Category Archives: Baseball

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIE?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Philip

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIE? This article in Salon finds a consensus choice—somewhat surprisingly because there are a lot of good ones. The winner is Bull Durham. I was pleased to see a few mentions of Major League and surprised … Continue reading →

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MONEYBALL AND STORYTELLING.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Philip

MONEYBALL AND STORYTELLING. I have posted several times on MONEYBALL, the book by Michael Lewis. The movie of MONEYBALL has now opened to generally favorable reviews. The reviewers who seem to be the harshest critics are sportswriters, who point out … Continue reading →

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POETRY AND BASEBALL.

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Philip

POETRY AND BASEBALL. Nick said that when he made his post he had in mind this post (@morncale on Twitter): “Barrold L. Bonds’ defunct who used to crush a maplehit-heavy homer and break onetwothreefourfive recordsjustlikethat Barry OPS’d 1.4 and what … Continue reading →

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POETRY AND BASEBALL.

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Philip

LITERATURE AND BASEBALL. Tony Phillips and Mike Marshall, who had long distinguished careers in major league baseball (they faced each other in the 1988 World Series), got into a fight in an independent league game where Phillips is still playing … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER THREE-BALL BASE ON BALLS!

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Philip

ANOTHER THREE-BALL BASE ON BALLS! When I began posting about everybody in a major league baseball game losing track of the pitch count, I thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of occurrence. I posted here when it happened to Seattle … Continue reading →

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BREW MORE COFFEE AGAIN.

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Philip

BREW MORE COFFEE AGAIN. I have posted before (see here) about amazing occurrences when everybody on a baseball field—on both sides—forgot what the pitch count was. I made the analogy to the financial crisis where a lot of the problems … Continue reading →

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VEECK AS IN BEAK.

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Philip

VEECK AS IN BEAK. Bill Veeck presided over the only White Sox pennant in over 80 years. He brought back Minnie Minoso. They were contenders. And yet my father every so often would go through a stretch of mispronouncing Bill … Continue reading →

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VEECK AS IN WRECK.

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Philip

VEECK AS IN WRECK. Nick gave me Bill Veeck’s autobiography VEECK AS IN WRECK with the story of Eddie Gaedel. At the end of the first chapter, Veeck lists some of his accomplishments in baseball. For example, from 1947 to … Continue reading →

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THE MIDGET WHO BATTED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Philip

THE MIDGET WHO BATTED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. Bill Veeck is best known for arranging for a midget to come to bat in a major league game. For those of you who aren’t baseball fans, you should know that the … Continue reading →

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WHY NOT LET FIELDERS BLOCK EVERY BASE?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Philip

WHY NOT LET FIELDERS BLOCK EVERY BASE? In one of his annual BASEBALL ABSTRACTS, Bill James urged that catchers not be allowed to block the plate. He pointed out that blocking the plate was not logical. After all, players are … Continue reading →

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